Court Moves Forward Citigroup 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
October 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Participants in the Citigroup 401(k) plan can move forward with their claims plan fiduciaries violated...
Tag: Litigation
Experts See Big Stakes in SCOTUS Review of Tibble
October 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to review parts of Tibble v. Edison International could have...
Supreme Court Will Hear Tibble v. Edison Case
October 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The law firm of Schlichter, Bogard & Denton says the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed...
Court Finds John Hancock Not a Fiduciary in Fee Case
October 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock has ultimately been found not to be a fiduciary in a case alleging...
Signature Authority May Trigger ERISA Fiduciary Status
September 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A company CEO’s signature authority for payments from the company’s bank account may make him...
Employer Claims Against Fiduciary Liability Insurer Can Proceed
September 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A retirement plan sponsor’s breach of contract claims against its fiduciary liability insurer have been...
Court Blocks DC Plan Participant Claims Against Madoff Trustee
August 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal bankruptcy judge has affirmed the denial of recovery claims from retirement plan participants...
Government Backs Top Court Review of 401(k) Plan Fee Case
August 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Solicitor General has filed a brief asking the United States Supreme Court to...
Fidelity to Settle Excessive Fee Suits
August 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fidelity Investments has agreed to a settlement of two lawsuits charging it with subjecting its...
Litigators Call for Supreme Court Review of Tussey Case
August 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A well-known 401(k) fee litigation firm has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review key...
Company Owner Personally Liable for Missing Contributions
August 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Charles David Snyder, fiduciary to the Cleveland-based Attevo 401(k) retirement plan, has been ordered by...
Anheuser-Busch Pension Participants Owed Enhanced Benefits
August 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has determined that certain participants of Anheuser-Busch’s pension plan are due...
Appellate Court Sends RJR Stock Drop Suit Back for Review
August 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A lower court applied the wrong standard when determining that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (RJR)...
Plaintiffs Granted Summary Judgment in Church Plan Case
July 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court in California has granted a motion for partial summary judgment against...
More Church Plan Challenges Filed in Federal Court
July 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two court cases filed this week by retirement plan participants claim their employers’ retirement benefits...
Wagner Law Group Adds ERISA Specialist
July 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stephen Rosenberg, an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and labor law litigator, has joined...
Appeals Court Revives BP Stock Drop Suit
July 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appeals court has revived a stock drop case, filed against oil company BP...
Presumption of Prudence Decision Not a Total Win for Anyone
June 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) fiduciaries are not...
ESOP Fiduciaries Not Entitled to Presumption of Prudence
June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court has decided fiduciaries of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) are not...
Protect Fiduciaries with the Right Insurance
June 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Just one type of fiduciary liability protection is required by the Employee Retirement Income Security...