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Executive Order Seeks to Expand Access to Crypto and Private Investments in Defined-Contribution Plans

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/14/2025

On August 7, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (the Order) instructing federal agencies to expand access to alternative asset investments for participants in defined-contribution retirement plans such as 401(k)...more

U.S. Department of Labor Updates: Yes to Crypto and No to ESG?

King & Spalding on 6/2/2025

On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) provided updated guidance on two employee benefit plan-related investment areas: (1) cryptocurrency and (2) environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) investing....more

DOL Rescinds 2022 Guidance Cautioning Against 401(k) Plan Investments in Cryptocurrencies

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 5/30/2025

On May 28, 2025, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued Compliance Assistance Release No. 2025-01 which rescinds the DOL’s prior Compliance Assistance Release No. 2022-1 which had warned 401(k) plan fiduciaries against adding...more

Texas court upholds Biden administration’s rule on ESG Investing for ERISA fiduciaries

A&O Shearman on 3/14/2025

In a recent decision by the U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk ruled that the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2022 Rule (the 2022 Rule) on environmental, social, and governance (ESG)...more

Spence v. American Airlines: A Texas Court’s View of the Duty of Loyalty under ERISA

Verrill on 3/7/2025

Since we last discussed environmental, social, and corporate governance (“ESG”) developments in the context of ERISA retirement plans, ESG litigation has taken a rather unexpected turn. Although the plan lineup in Spence v....more

Intel’s Intel Doesn’t Prove Actual Knowledge: Court Rejects Short ERISA Statute of Limitations

Carlton Fields on 4/17/2020

On February 26, the U.S. Supreme Court in Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma unanimously held that participants are not presumed to read retirement plan investment information....more

The DOL Fiduciary Rule: Charting a Course, Avoiding Collisions & Potential Litigation Q&A #2 - Q&As on Annuity Sales Practices,...

Carlton Fields on 10/16/2017

Last month, we wrote about potential litigation issues under the “revised temporary” DOL Rule involving the offer and sale of annuities in the IRA market. This paper continues that discussion. I emphasize to the reader that...more

Will the DOL Fiduciary Duty Rule’s Implementation be Delayed?

Burr & Forman on 1/30/2017

In 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule expanding the “investment advice fiduciary” definition under ERISA and modified the complex of prohibited transaction exemptions for investment activities as a...more

SEC Proposes to Ease Intrastate Offering Exemption to Facilitate Crowdfunding

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 11/2/2015

The SEC has proposed amendments to Rule 147 under the Securities Act of 1933, which currently provides a safe harbor for compliance with the Section 3(a)(11) exemption from registration for intrastate securities offerings....more

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