Compliance April 21st, 2022 District Court Dismisses ERISA Lawsuit Against USI The complaint alleged breach of fiduciary duty obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Compliance April 14th, 2022 Retirement Plan Lawsuit Against Veterinary Hospital Network to Proceed A court has rejected the plan sponsor’s motion to dismiss breach of fiduciary duty allegations.
Compliance April 12th, 2022 Salesforce Retirement Lawsuit to Continue A federal appeals court judge’s ruling reversed and remanded the case after motions to dismiss were granted by lower court...
Data & Research April 11th, 2022 Some 403(b) Plan Sponsors Don’t Have Information Needed to Monitor Fees A GAO study found a wide range in 403(b) plan recordkeeping and investment management fees.
Compliance April 8th, 2022 Insurer Calls Majority of Excessive Recordkeeping Fee Claims ‘Bogus’ Daniel Aronowitz, of Euclid Fiduciary, says a whitepaper published by his firm is meant to give perspective on which cases...
The Markets April 4th, 2022 Revenue Sharing Considerations: Fees and Fiduciary Advisers must monitor the plan and perform benchmarking to assess reasonableness of fees.
Compliance January 18th, 2022 PPL Corp. and Mass Brigham General Face ERISA Lawsuits Imprudent investments and excessive fees were themes of lawsuits filed last week against retirement plan fiduciaries.
Compliance January 12th, 2022 Bronson Healthcare to Pay $3 Million to Settle ERISA Lawsuit The lawsuit challenged the use of an active suite of TDFs versus an index suite, among other things.
Compliance December 20th, 2021 Lawsuit Alleges ERISA Breaches by Fiduciaries of Nokia of America 401(k) Plan Plan fiduciaries face a breach of duty of prudence claim over allegedly excessive investment and recordkeeping fees.
Compliance December 13th, 2021 Will the Supreme Court Give Plan Sponsors Any Relief From Excessive Fee Lawsuits? They haven’t gotten any solutions so far from lower courts, but a high court ruling could affect the number of...
Compliance December 8th, 2021 Exelon Faced With ERISA Excessive Fee Suit The lawsuit claims Exelon used proprietary funds with excessive fees and allowed participants to pay excessive fees for recordkeeping and...
Compliance November 18th, 2021 Some Claims Dismissed in LinkedIn Excessive Fee Suit However, the judge has granted the plaintiffs leave to amend the ERISA complaint.
Data & Research October 26th, 2021 Morningstar Finds ESG Funds Are More Expensive Than Conventional Funds In general, fund fees continue to decline, including those of actively managed funds.
Compliance August 27th, 2021 Chamber of Commerce Calls Out Flaws in Excessive Fee Suits In a brief of amicus curiae filed in the suit against the Red Cross, the agency claims the suits are...
Compliance August 23rd, 2021 Suit Over Recordkeeping Fees for PNC Financial’s Retirement Plan Dismissed A court found that the plaintiffs did not state a plausible claim for breach of fiduciary duties. They have already...
Compliance August 20th, 2021 Baptist Health South Florida Faces ERISA Excessive Fee Suit The claims are typical of excessive fee suits, but the plaintiffs also cite language from the 403(b) plan's investment policy...
Compliance August 17th, 2021 2nd Circuit Sends Elements of NYU ERISA Suit Back to District Court The appellate court agreed with the plaintiffs that the lower court erred in dismissing share class-related claims and in denying...
Compliance August 17th, 2021 Xerox Hit With ERISA Suit Alleging Excessive Fees The complaint claims participants overpaid millions of dollars to Xerox’s recordkeeper from 2015 through 2021.
Compliance August 4th, 2021 Participants Challenging Omnicom’s Use of Active TDF Suite See Most Claims Move Forward A judge left until later the issue of whether passively managed funds and actively managed funds are proper comparators.
Compliance July 26th, 2021 401(a) Plan Sponsor’s Use of Asset Allocation Solution Challenged in Lawsuit The suit says the solution directed participant contributions into high-cost investments.