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Office of Management and Budget Best Interest Contract Exemptions

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The DOL’s Regulatory Agenda and a New Fiduciary Rule

The DOL has not appealed the decision in the Florida Federal District Court that vacated its fiduciary “re-interpretation.” That re-interpretation, in effect, said that ongoing investment advice to a rollover IRA could be...more

Burr & Forman

DOL to Postpone Deadline for Fiduciary Rule

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The Department of Labor has received OMB certification, and sought expedited notice-and-comment, for a rule change that would postpone the full implementation deadline for its Fiduciary Rule from January 1, 2018 until July 1,...more

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive...

Department of Labor Officially Proposes Delaying Fiduciary Rule’s Exemptions for 18 Months

On August 30, 2017, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) officially proposed delaying the applicability date of exemptions to its fiduciary rule until July 1, 2019. The proposal was expected after DOL stated in a court filing...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Possible Further Delay of ERISA Fiduciary Rule

On August 9, 2017, the Department of Labor (DOL) and Secretary of Labor, Alexander Acosta, submitted a proposal to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to further delay the applicability date of certain parts of the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Sign of Future Changes? DOL Proposes 18-Month Extension of Transition Period for Compliance With ERISA "Fiduciary Investment...

On August 9, the US Department of Labor (DOL) announced in a court filing that it has proposed an 18-month extension of the full implementation of the Best Interest Contract Exemption (the "BIC Exemption") under the ERISA...more

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

Does a Proposal for Further Delay in Implementation of the DOL Fiduciary Rule Suggest Major Changes Are Coming?

On August 9, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a proposal to delay until July 1, 2019 the implementation date for those portions of the DOL’s fiduciary rule that...more

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive...

Department of Labor Requests Additional 18-Month Delay of Certain Fiduciary Rule Requirements

On August 9, 2017, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) stated in a court filing that the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) is reviewing a proposal to extend the applicability date for certain requirements under DOL’s...more

K&L Gates LLP

DOL Proposes 18-Month Extension of Fiduciary Rule's Transition Period

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On August 9, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) proposed amendments to the Best Interest Contract Exemption and other new and amended prohibited transaction exemptions...more

Morgan Lewis

DOL to Propose Extension of Fiduciary Rule Transition Period

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The proposal is expected to delay additional conditions of exemptions from January 1, 2018 to July 1, 2019, but the ultimate length of delay will not be clear until the DOL publishes a final rule....more

McDermott Will & Emery

DOL Proposes 60-Day Delay of Fiduciary Rule in Response to White House Directive

The future of the fiduciary rule—originally set to be implemented this upcoming April—remains uncertain after the White House directed the United States Department of Labor (DOL) to reevaluate, defer implementation and...more

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive...

USDOL Prevails in Kansas in Another Decision on Fiduciary Rule

On February 17, 2017, a federal district Court in Kansas upheld the U.S. Department of Labor’s conflict of interest rule and related exemptions in a suit brought by Market Synergy Group, Inc. This ruling on the merits follows...more

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