Tag: ERISA

Fred Reish, a partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath, the Los Angeles law firm, has launched fredreish.com, a blog about retirement regulation and compliance.

A white paper aims to help defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors understand how they can manage their investment responsibilities.

The Proskauer Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation & ERISA Litigation Practice Center has launched the ERISA Practice Center Blog.

Mesirow Financial Investment Strategies’ Fiduciary Partnership Services are now available through Vanguard Retirement Plan Access.

Another lawsuit has been filed against Fidelity Investments regarding its use of float income.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) requires that swap transactions go through a clearing process.

Defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors have new guidance concerning new disclosure requirements mandated by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21).

Annuity contracts can bring up several Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)-related issues that plan sponsors should consider.

With care, individual retirement account (IRA) rollovers from 401(k)s are possible.

Retirement plan sponsors should beware of potential fiduciary pitfalls when combining the summary plan description (SPD) and prospectus.

The Department of Labor (DOL) reached a settlement to compensate employee benefit plans for losses suffered through investments in Bernard L. Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) is urging a court to reject class certification in a lawsuit alleging fiduciary breach claims concerning stable value fund investments in money market...

The Department of Labor (DOL) has obtained $80 million for participants of Sherwin-Williams’ employee stock purchase and savings plan.

ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) 3(21) and 3(38) fiduciary services have been added by July Business Services for qualified retirement plan sponsors.  

Participants from three 401(k) plans have filed a lawsuit against Fidelity Investments regarding its use of float income.

Mutual fund trustees may display favoritism toward funds from their own firms, said researchers at Indiana University at Bloomington.

ING Life Insurance and Annuity Co. has agreed to settle allegations brought by the Department of Labor (DOL).

Former employees of Jeld-Wen Inc. filed a lawsuit claiming an amendment to the firm’s employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) took away their benefits.