Compliance

While HSAs aren’t traditionally thought of as a retirement vehicle, the DOL broadened the scope of conflict of interest rules to include these plans due to their long-term...

The time for evaluating a provider can also be opportune for revisiting services, fees and investment options.

An EEOC lawsuit charges that a college passed up a 66-year-old adjunct professor for a full-time faculty position in favor of two younger, less-experienced candidates.

The next stage will be to determine if the hospital boards or plan committees fit within the principal-purpose definition and whether the hospitals are affiliated with a religious...

A bench trial began this March 14, and the settlement was initially struck after three days of trial.

It is not always possible, even for the most carefully run retirement plans, to avoid getting dragged into ERISA litigation, and so having a clear response plan in...

The Department of Labor is still looking for ways to streamline and improve its new fiduciary rule, even though most provisions are now in effect.

Plan sponsors that adopt a 403(b) preapproved plan by the end of the remedial amendment period will be deemed to satisfy the 2007 final regulations.

On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would undo much of the Dodd-Frank Act’s regulations and the fiduciary rule.

What errors do plan sponsors make most often, and what programs are available to fix them?

Top ERISA attorneys give their best predictions about how tax reform, open MEPs, fiduciary rulemaking and other regulatory and legislative matters will evolve under Republican leadership.

Looking at the definition of “church plan” in ERISA, the high court concluded that a plan maintained by a principal-purpose organization qualifies as a “church plan,” regardless of...

A federal judge found plaintiffs failed to correct deficiencies in their original complaint, and a new claim of conflicts-of-interest was unsupported by facts.

The new SEC Chair is calling on retirement industry stakeholders to weigh in on whether the DOL fiduciary rule is helpful or harmful.

A U.S. District Court Judge agreed with Wells Fargo that allegations that the bank breached its fiduciary duty by continuing to invest in its own TDFs when better-performing...

The DOL notes that complying with all fiduciary responsibilities can be especially challenging for small and medium-sized employers who have limited time, resources and access to professional help...

The lawsuit charges that the crediting rate United of Omaha set for guaranteed investment contracts allowed it to receive excessive compensation.

The plan sponsor is accused of failing to leverage its size and sophistication to ensure a fair deal on recordkeeping for plan participants, among other claims. 

Plan sponsors are reminded of the rule's provisions regarding education.

The university is accused of not negotiating a better price for recordkeeping and retaining high cost, underperforming investments, among other things.