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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Fiduciary duties of trustees, directors, others Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines [Guidance Overview] EBSA Makes Small Clarifying Correction to FAB 2012-02 FAQs on Participant-Level Fee Disclosure [Guidance Overview] Another Question is Answered in the Who's the Employer Q&A Column ERISA Fee Benchmarking Rules and Practices Can Be Useful Even to ERISA-Exempt Public Plans Personal Fiduciary Liability Under ERISA: Your Obligations Can Follow You Into Bankruptcy (PDF) [Opinion] What If 'Say on Pay' Rule Applied to Public Pension Consultants and Managers? DOL FAQs Address Participant Fee Disclosure Rules as Applied to Brokerage Windows, Calculation of Total Annual Operating Expense Ratio [Guidance Overview] 9th Circuit Case Addresses Equitable Remedies Post-Amara and Says Mere Violations of Law Do Not Establish 'Harm' Creating Equitable Remedies Proskauer ERISA Litigation Newsletter, May 2012 [Opinion] Combination of Fee Disclosure DOL Regs and 'Strict Liability' Under Code Section 4975 Might Be Explosive DOL Alleges Idaho Plan Administrator Misused Retirement Funds Time's Up on 401(k) Fee Disclosure Compliance: New Potential Breaches of Fiduciary Duty Looming [Guidance Overview] Final EBSA Fee Disclosure Requirements Addressed in Field Assistance Bulletin 2012-02 [Guidance Overview] FAB Addresses Investment Disclosures to Participants About a Plan's Designated Investment Alternatives IRS Proposals for Encouraging Longevity Annuities Might Not Impress 401(k) Sponsors Good-Faith Efforts Already Taken to Comply with Participant Fee Regs Won't Be Penalized, EBSA Says Trends from the 2012 Fiduciary Survey of Investment Advisors and Registered Representatives Employer Agrees to Restore $1.3 Million to Employee Retirement Plan [Guidance Overview] DOL Addresses Definition of Designated Investment Alternatives for Purposes of Required Participant Fee Disclosures Recent Case Emphasizes Importance of the Retirement Plan Fiduciary Decision-Making Process [Guidance Overview] DOL FAQs Address Implementation of Participant-Level Retirement Plan Fee Disclosures [Guidance Overview] Eleventh Circuit Becomes Latest to Adopt Rebuttable Presumption That Fiduciaries Act Prudently by Investing in Employer Stock [Guidance Overview] DOL FAQs Address Retirement Plan Fee Disclosures (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Describing Plan Administration Expenses When Making Participant Fee and Investment Disclosures [Guidance Overview] DOL FAQs Clarify Participant-Level Disclosures, 'Good Faith' Standard for Enforcement Purposes [Guidance Overview] New Q&As in DOL Field Assistance Bulletin 2012-2 Clarify, Expand Fee Disclosure Regs [Guidance Overview] The Final 408(b)(2) Regulation: Impact on Investment Managers (PDF) [Guidance Overview] DOL FAQs Address Retirement Plan Fee and Expense Disclosure Rules [Official Guidance] 11th Circuit Adopts Moench Standard in Suit Over Home Depot ESOP (PDF) Investment Advisers Often Tell Customers What They Want to Hear, Tout Higher-Fee Products, Finance Professors Conclude [Official Guidance] Text of DOL Field Assistance Bulletin 2012-02: FAQs on Participant-Level Fee Disclosures and Service Provider Fee Disclosures [Guidance Overview] Does Your 401(k) Plan Have an Investment Policy Statement and Do Your Fiduciaries Follow It? [Guidance Overview] Former Trustee Liable for over $4 Million for Breach of Fiduciary Duty CalSTRS Brings Shareholder Derivative Suit Agains Wal-Mart Directors As a Plan Sponsor, Are You Prepared to Provide Fee Disclosures to Participants? [Opinion] Revenue Sharing on Trial: Complex, Inefficient and Unnecessarily Expensive A Survey of Current Recordkeeping Practices for 'ERISA Budget Accounts' (PDF) [Guidance Overview] How to Protect Your Company's 401(k) Plan Committee under New Service Provider Fee Disclosure Regs [Guidance Overview] Final DOL Regs Address Fee Disclosures to Participants in Self-Directed Retirement Plans [Guidance Overview] DOL Issues Final Regs on Pension Plan Service Providers; Health & Welfare Plan Service Providers Next in Line? [Guidance Overview] Action Items for Plan Fiduciaries: Handling Fee Disclosures by Service Providers, and Fee Disclosures to Participants Unhappy with Scandal, New York Municipal Pension Funds to Vote Against Wal-Mart Directors The Fiduciary Assessment of an Investment Advisor (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Tussey v. ABB, Inc. Shows Importance of Implementing Process for Prudent Decision-Making and Following Plan Documents Issues that Must Be Addressed to Prevent Your 401(k) Plan from Becoming an Easy Target for Knowledgeable Plaintiffs' Attorneys (PDF) 401(k) Fee Litigation, April 2012 Ten Things Plan Fiduciaries Should Avoid (PDF) [Opinion] ASPPA Letter to EBSA on Asset Allocation Strategies, Model Portfolios and Need for Transitional Relief ERISA Section 408(b)(2) Is about Plan Sponsors' Continued Fiduciary Obligations [Guidance Overview] Another Question is Answered in the Who's the Employer Q&A Column [Guidance Overview] Availability of Class Actions Narrows, Could Mean Fewer 401(k) Fee Cases [Guidance Overview] OK to Levy Recordkeeping and Investment Management Fees Only on Certain 401(k) Participants? Federal Case Asks But Doesn't Answer Does ERISA's 6-Year Statute of Limitations Apply Only When Fiduciary's Alleged Fraud is Concealed? [Guidance Overview] Recent ERISA Fee Litigation: Key Lessons for Plan Fiduciaries Despite Proliferation of Service-Providers and Monitoring Firms, Plan Sponsors Can't Shed Ultimate Liability [Guidance Overview] 401(k) Plan Fees in Turmoil: District Court in Tussey Case Finds Fiduciary Breaches but Third Circuit Does Not Best Governance Practices for Public Retirement Systems (PDF) [Opinion] Text of Pension Rights Center's Criticism of U.S. Chamber's White Paper on the Private Retirement Plan System [Guidance Overview] Considerations for Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries in Minimizing Potential Fiduciary Liability After Tussey v. ABB, Inc. [Guidance Overview] Fee Disclosure Wasn't Enough to Shield Retirement Plan Fiduciaries from $35 Million Judgment Sample of Enhanced All-In Fee Report Important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® (BenefitsLink.com) provides this page for you, containing selected hypertext links to pages on the web that our editors think will be useful or interesting to you. But BenefitsLink is not the author or publisher of those linked pages (except as expressly indicated). You should contact directly the author of any such linked pages for copyright or other information about their contents. Webmaster: Dave Baker (click)   ·   © 2012 BenefitsLink.com, Inc. (contact the webmaster for reprint permission)   ·   Linking: Feel free to link directly to this page, even without specifically crediting BenefitsLink ® as its source. Glad you're here!   ·   Privacy Policy