Legal

Proposed Social Security legislation sponsored by five Republicans and one Democrat would increase the current payroll cap on Social Security taxes and raise the retirement age.

Participants in the cosmetics giant's retirement plans say the purchase of Avon stock should have been halted while the company was being investigated.

The lawsuit by the National Association for Fixed Annuities challenges the DOL fiduciary rule on six counts but the key question is whether the rule creates a new private right of action.

The plan sponsor fiduciary and co-fiduciary advisor to Checksmart Financial's $25 million 401(k) plan are being sued in U.S. District Court.

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a risk alert regarding its Share Class Initiative, which seeks to identify conflicts of interest in registered investment advisor recommendations.

Democrats are calling for a tax on Wall Street trades. If the party succeeds, the mom-and-pop investors theyre wooing could bear the brunt.