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On March 10, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a non-enforcement policy for Trump-era regulations that had sought to constrain the ability of ERISA plan fiduciaries to select ESG

On Monday, President Obama signed into law a two-year bipartisan budget deal that has several implications for employers.

In this podcast, Jason Rothman discusses the plan documents and summary plan descriptions of retirement and health plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Retirement plan fiduciaries are increasingly operating from a defensive posture as the subject of lawsuits alleging breach of fiduciary duty due to underperforming investments, excessive fees, and failure to select and monitor investment options.

The law applies to health FSAs and dependent care FSAs and will take effect January 1, 2020.

Michael Sweet was quoted in the Reuters article "California Pension Rate Hikes Loom After Calpers Vote."

The Second Circuit held that plaintiffs' allegations that the defendant suffered from a "categorical potential conflict of interest" did not affect the application of the arbitrary and capricious standard of review...

In 2024, we commemorate a significant milestone in the landscape of employee benefits law: the 50th Anniversary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Principal David Levine joined S&P Dow Jones Indices to share a few takeaways on the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 ("SECURE Act")...

On Thursday, February 9, the Department of Labor (DOL) filed a draft proposal with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to delay the fiduciary rule's implementation.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently filed a reply brief in a lawsuit brought by insurance industry groups seeking to block new regulations that expand the definition of fiduciary...

Many company benefits departments struggle to convince employees of the importance of saving for retirement through the company 401(k) plan.

The IRS has released Notice 2020-50 expanding the definition of ‘qualified individuals' for the purpose of coronavirus-related distributions and loans from retirement plans without a tax penalty.

Labor law is not central to the 2nd round campaign. The great opposition between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron is on pensions.

A key component of the SECURE Act, passed at the end of 2019, was the expansion of opportunities to combine the 401(k) plan assets of multiple unrelated...

A California federal district court judge has denied Monster Beverage Corp.'s motion to dismiss a proposed class action in which Monster employees claim that their employer violated...

A federal judge denied a motion for summary judgment by Dish Network in a class action lawsuit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The case involves allegations that the satellite company breached its fiduciary duty under ERISA by retaining certain target-date funds (TDFs) despite their lackluster performance.