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Holland & Knight LLP

Circuit Courts of Appeal Uphold Dismissal of 401(k) Fee Challenges Post-Hughes

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Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Hughes v. Northwestern University, courts around the country continue to articulate the pleading requirements for a breach of duty of prudence claim under the Employee Retirement...more

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Defendants Secure Motion to Dismiss Victories in Three Post-Hughes Decisions

In April, we wrote here about the discouraging trend of opinions allowing commonly asserted breach of fiduciary duty claims in 401(k) and 403(b) plan investment litigation to survive motions to dismiss. While it may be too...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Regulators have bank deposit sweep programs in their sights

Coming on the heels of the share class initiative, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is at the initial stages of another initiative involving concerns about adviser disclosures and conflicts related to bank...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The problem with plan provider appearances

My local school board is run by a clique who see nothing wrong that some of their children got hired by the school district, hiring decisions approved by the board (minus the parent who abstains). The board and their minions...more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

Class Action Filed Against Fidelity for Alleged “Secret Kickback Payments”

On February 21, 2019 attorneys for Andrew Wong, a participant in the T-Mobile USA Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan & Trust, filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts against FMR LLC,...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Plan Fee Litigation: Protecting Fiduciaries

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Targeting Educational Institutions - Since August, 2016, sixteen institutions of higher education with large retirement plans have become targets of federal lawsuits for breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA. To date, the...more

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TPAs, Plan Fiduciaries Should React Proactively to U.S. Department of Labor Settlement

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In light of the recent settlement between the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and a health plan third-party administrator (TPA), plan fiduciaries and TPAs should re-examine, or even re-negotiate, portions of their current TPA...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Avoid the proverbial “Shrugging of the Shoulders”

One of my pet peeves out there is when you give a list of complaints to a business or an organization and they give the proverbial “shrug of the shoulders”. The “proverbial shrug” is basically the business or the organization...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Advisors Advantage - February 2016

Avoiding The “Bumps” Of Being A Retirement Plan Provider - I’m a big fan of business history and every successful company that has ever been founded has had a few bumps along the way. For example, Apple almost went out...more

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Private Equity Fees and Expenses

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In This Presentation: - Agenda - Typical Fund Structure - Typical Fund Waterfall - Fund Economics- Nuances - LPA Provisions - Fund Due Diligence - Legal Landscape - PEI...more

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