A plaintiffs' class action law firm in St. Louis made national headlines last August when it filed a series of breach of fiduciary duty lawsuits under ERISA, the federal employee benefits law, against the fiduciaries of...more
5/15/2017
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Breach of Duty ,
Class Action ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Investment Management ,
Mutual Funds ,
Retirement Plan ,
Transaction Fees
The U.S. Supreme Court recently eviscerated a key protection against stock drop lawsuits filed by participants in defined contribution plans that hold employer stock as an investment. In Fifth Third Bancorp et al. v....more
6/30/2014
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ESOP ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
FIfth Third Bancorp v Dudenhoeffer ,
Fifth Third Mortgage Company ,
Halliburton ,
Halliburton v Erica P. John Fund ,
Moench Presumption ,
SCOTUS ,
Stock Drop Litigation ,
US Bancorp