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.
DOL nominee Acosta brings experience and intellect to the Labor Departments review of Obama-era regulations, should he be approved. Here's what some ERISA experts are saying.
The safe harbors are designed to free employers who participate in state and locally sponsored retirement plans from liability under ERISA, but critics of the safe harbors, mainly GOP members, argue they erode the preemptive power of ERISA.
The D.C. Circuits decision Thursday gives the CFPB another chance to defend itself as Republicans in Congress, emboldened by the election of President Donald Trump, push to roll back the agencys authority.
Trump's replacement nominee for DOL secretary is R. Alexander Acosta, currently the dean of Florida International University and the chairman of U.S. Century Bank.
Considering a reverse mortgage loan? Those late-night TV ads saying how great they are might be too good to be true. Here's what happened to several seniors.
Bipartisan support among Americans for state-sponsored retirement plans is growing, according to a new poll from the National Institute on Retirement Security and Greenwald Associates.
A judge in Texas has ruled in favor of the Labor department's fiduciary rule, unpersuaded by arguments put forth by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Securities Industry Financial Markets Association, and a consortium of trade groups.