Compliance | May 11th, 2020 Second ERISA Lawsuit Targets ADP Multiple Employer Plan The second suit, filed on behalf of participants rather than plan sponsors, largely mirrors the first in its allegations of...
Compliance | May 6th, 2020 Lawsuit Alleges Excessive Fees in Multiple Employer Plan Though the plan’s recordkeeper is not named as a defendant, the lawsuit says fiduciaries of the ADP TotalSource Retirement Savings...
Compliance | May 5th, 2020 Automotive Manufacturer New Target of ERISA Excessive Fee Suit The complaint also argues that the structure of Magna International of America’s plan “is rife with potential conflicts of interest.”
Compliance | May 5th, 2020 Court Dismisses Johnson & Johnson Stock Drop Suit Johnson & Johnson successfully argued that the plaintiffs have not met the pleading standards established by Fifth-Third v. Dudenhoeffer, however,...
Compliance | May 4th, 2020 Use of Incorrect Compensation Definition Alleged in Lawsuit Against Host International The plaintiff in the case says Host’s tip policy interferes with his and others’ ability to defer income under the...
Compliance | May 1st, 2020 University of Miami Faces Lawsuit Over 403(b) Plan Fees The plaintiffs say they seek similar remedies as those in a settlement that was court-approved in a case against Duke...
Compliance | May 1st, 2020 DOL, Wilmington Trust Reach Agreement Over ESOP Overpricing The agreement requires Wilmington Trust to pay $80 million to 21 employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) for which it served...
Compliance | April 30th, 2020 Lawsuit Challenging Pension Transfer in Corporate Restructuring Dismissed A federal district court judge noted that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the “decision to...
Compliance | April 30th, 2020 Family Owners Charged with ESOP Buyback Violations in New ERISA Lawsuit The lawsuit is directly tied into another in which Wilmington Trust agreed in January to a settlement valued at $5...
Compliance | April 29th, 2020 ERISA Lawsuit Against Trader Joe’s Dismissed A federal judge said the plaintiffs' guess of recordkeeping fees paid had no factual basis and failed to claim a...
Compliance | April 29th, 2020 Barrick Gold Faces Lawsuit About 401(k) Investment Selections The lawsuit is nearly identical to one filed by the same law firm against a pharmaceutical company.
Compliance | April 27th, 2020 Baltimore County Settles Age Discrimination Lawsuit Regarding Pension Plan Under the county code, employee contribution rates were based on age at entry into the retirement system, with older employees...
Compliance | April 22nd, 2020 InterContinental Pension Withdrawal Liability Suit Can Proceed The underlying lawsuit, which is also undergoing concurrent arbitration, claims the InterContinental Hotels Group owes accelerated withdrawal payments to a...
Compliance | April 21st, 2020 Parties in Emory University 403(b) Plan Lawsuit Agree to Settle Only one of the spate of lawsuits challenging university 403(b) plans has gone to trial.
Compliance | April 21st, 2020 Lawsuit Challenges Conservative Investment of Profit Sharing Plan Assets Denying a motion to dismiss the suit, a judge pointed out the difference between it and others cited by the...
Compliance | April 17th, 2020 Lawsuit Argues Pharmaceutical Company Ignored Excessive 401(k) Investment Fees The lawsuit alleges plan fiduciaries failed to use the lowest cost share class for many of the mutual funds within...
Compliance | April 16th, 2020 Archetypal Fee Litigation Case Targets Liberty Mutual Plaintiffs say Liberty Mutual allowed excessive recordkeeping fees and failed to remove poorly performing investments.
Compliance | April 15th, 2020 Cerner Corp. Faces Second Excessive Fee Suit This new challenge is being filed in a different district court and claims that the participant has not signed an...
Compliance | April 15th, 2020 Parties in Princeton University ERISA Lawsuit Reach Agreement to Settle The District Court had previously denied a motion to reconsider an earlier decision to let parts of the lawsuit move...
Compliance | April 13th, 2020 Lawsuit Claims Impostor Fooled Abbott Labs into Distribution According to the lawsuit, an unknown user accessed the plaintiff’s stock plan account by exploiting the ‘forgot password’ option and...