Compliance

Parts of the lower court’s ruling against the plaintiffs’ claims have been rejected and remanded by the appeals court.

A judge found that plaintiffs failed to offer evidence that removing certain funds caused economic loss, but the ruling sided with plaintiffs concerning excessive recordkeeping fees.

Though claims in the case were pared down last fall, the plaintiffs have requested a jury trial, so a federal judge has given them options for proceeding.

With court closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, plan sponsors may consider modifications to qualified domestic relations order processes.

DB plan sponsors may want to offer coronavirus-related distributions under the CARES Act, but should understand certain rules before doing so.

The revenue procedure also sets the deductible limits that define a high-deductible health plan for the year.

The leadership at the regulator says this measure will reduce printing, mailing and related plan costs by an estimated $3.2 billion over the next decade.

The Heroes Act, passed by a narrow majority in the House, includes union pension partition relief and a waiver for the reinvestment of 2019 and 2020 RMDs.

The new complaint closely resembles others that have been filed by the Capozzi Adler P.C. law firm.

The legislation provides for a state-run auto-IRA program as well as a marketplace from which employers can choose low-cost retirement savings plans.

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The agency published an issue snapshot explaining special catch-up contribution rules after issuing a program letter saying such contributions will be a focus of examinations.

State and local tax treatment of coronavirus-related distributions from retirement plans may be different from federal tax treatment.

The plan in question in smaller than many that have been subject to excessive fee litigation, underscoring the trend that smaller plans are also potential targets for class...

The draft legislation also includes a proposed extension of amortization of required annual funding amounts for single-employer pensions.

The agency has also announced an increase in the FSA carryover amount.

The second suit, filed on behalf of participants rather than plan sponsors, largely mirrors the first in its allegations of prohibited transactions, excessive fees and other fiduciary breaches