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With 401(k) litigation increasing, plan advisors and plan sponsors need to know the latest laws as well as strategies attorneys are using to sue employers and advisors. BenefitsPRO's legal coverage includes news, analysis and updates on cases.
'Never let a good crisis go to waste,' these compliance experts say. Here's why.
Another nail in the coffin for fiduciary rule?
The tax law makes important changes that benefits specialists and other advisors should monitor.
In effect, ERIC members will only have to reveal they already sponsor a retirement plan if the state asks.
Yes, giving advice without knowing others' circumstances, he may have risked breaching fiduciary duty. But he didn't.
The decision has the effect of the removing the fiduciary rule from the books, say attorneys who argued against the DOL rule.
The three whistleblowers helped an SEC investigation into Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch brokerage.
Some experts speculate the DOL might drop its defense of the rule; others say it might ask SCOTUS to hear the case.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has finally weighed in on a decision affecting the DOL fiduciary rule.