On March 15, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled, in a 2-to-1 decision, that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) abused its authority and acted unreasonably in promulgating its 2016 fiduciary rule and...more
As stated in our May 25, 2017 Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits and ERISA Alert, the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) new fiduciary rule (“Fiduciary Rule”) became partially applicable on June 9, 2017. Set forth below are...more
7/3/2017
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
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Fund Managers ,
Hedge Funds ,
Individual Retirement Account (IRA) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Funds ,
New Rules ,
Private Equity ,
Retirement Plan
The Fiduciary Rule, which expands the circumstances under which providers of investment advice may be considered Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) fiduciaries, was initially published in the Federal...more
5/29/2017
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Broker-Dealer ,
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Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
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Hedge Funds ,
Individual Retirement Account (IRA) ,
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Obama Administration ,
Private Equity ,
Retirement Plan ,
Trump Administration
On February 3, 2017, President Donald J. Trump issued a memorandum directing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to re-examine the DOL’s final rule on who is a “fiduciary” of an employee benefit plan under the Internal Revenue...more