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At long last, the newly proposed Title IX regulations have been released! What do they say? How might your policies and procedures change to comply? Join Bricker's higher education team for a presentation for boards of...more
Board members might know about the shared governance model, but how well do they really understand it? Join Jeff Knight and Warren Grody for a deep dive into governance issues in higher education, including its...more
The United States Supreme Court will weigh in on the spate of recent lawsuits filed against colleges and universities related to the schools’ retirement plans. The Court has granted a request for review from participants in...more
In the wake of the ravages COVID-19 is wreaking on educational institutions, independent and private school boards of trustees are seeking clarity on legal protections for board members and boards of trustees acting on behalf...more
At long last, the final Title IX regulations have been released! What do they say? How must your policies and procedures change to comply? Our higher ed team is hard at work parsing through 2,033 pages of regulations and...more
Over the past several years, the ERISA plaintiffs’ bar has targeted university-sponsored 403(b) plans, arguing that the plan fiduciaries breached their fiduciary duties and engaged in prohibited transactions in connection...more
The plethora of class action lawsuits against colleges and universities over their 403(b) plans have brought a variety of settlements and wins by the defendant schools....more
This is an update to our article, Back to School for ERISA Fiduciary Claims: How to Prepare for This Trend in University Litigation, which was published on August 22, 2017. As we discussed previously, over the past couple...more
Recently, the US District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit brought by former Georgetown employees under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) over fees and...more
Over the last 35 years, Duke University has had a championship basketball team on the court. In another court, Duke didn’t do too well....more
Georgetown University is now the 5th university that has won its case after being sued by plan participants over their 403(b) plan....more
In the past two years, more than 16 prominent colleges and universities across the country have been targeted by class action lawsuits filed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) challenging the fees and...more
A federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois recently dismissed a lawsuit against Northwestern University alleging that the University and its fiduciaries mismanaged its retirement and voluntary savings plans. This is...more
Since 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court has expressly construed a neutral law of general applicability as consistent with the free exercise clause. Deeming Colorado's public accommodations law just such a law, the Colorado Court...more
This month’s Friday Five covers cases that explore a variety of situations where courts consider what level of deference, if any, they must provide in reviewing decisions made by ERISA fiduciaries....more
There have been around 20 class action lawsuits filed against universities for high cost 401(k) and 403(b) plans. The lawsuits are like shooting fish in a barrel because when you think about it, low costs and higher education...more
Editor's Overview - As we have observed on other occasions, the ERISA class action plaintiffs' bar has, for several years now, honed in on 401(k) plan fiduciaries and their decisions to select and retain investment options...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Since August 2016, sixteen elite colleges and universities have faced class action lawsuits related to management of their retirement plans. After five cases previously survived motions to dismiss, the...more
As a result of rulings on motions to dismiss within a day of each other (May 10 and 11, 2017, respectively), Emory University and Duke University must continue to defend claims challenging aspects of their Section 403(b)...more
The recent wave of 403(b) lawsuits against more than a dozen prominent US universities could herald similar suits for other 403(b) plan sponsors. Plan sponsors can minimize their risk by reviewing their plan governance...more
In recent weeks, multiple class action lawsuits have been filed against private, nonprofit universities across the country alleging breaches of fiduciary duty and claiming millions of dollars in damages for retirement plan...more
In a concerning development for universities and other institutions of higher learning nationwide, a growing number of schools, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, Yale University, Johns...more
In the last several days, a number of large private universities have been sued regarding the investment fees in their 403(b) retirement plans. The lawsuits claim that these universities breached their fiduciary duties under...more
The recent well-publicized announcement of lawsuits against 403(b) plans of Duke, Yale, NYU, Vanderbilt, and other universities opens a new chapter in ERISA litigation over excessive plan fees. We have reported on this type...more