Legal

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.