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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 Public Pension Funds to Lead Suit Against Bank of America [Guidance Overview] Avoiding Personal Liability for 401(k) and Retirement Plan Investments: From Fees to Losses (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Anheuser-Busch Sued Over QDIA Selection [Guidance Overview] Management and Oversight of Employee Benefit Plans: Good Governance [Guidance Overview] Directors' Duty to Monitor Met by 'Systematic Monitoring System' [Guidance Overview] Waiver of Joint and Survivor Annuity Benefit Invalid If Plan Representative Breached Fiduciary Duty DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration Holding Compliance Seminar Series in Atlanta Seventh Circuit Comments on Denial of Petition for Rehearing in case of Hecker v. Deere [Guidance Overview] 7th Circuit Panel Limits Ruling's 404(c) Effects [Guidance Overview] Circuit Court Denies Rehearing on Dismissal of ERISA Revenue Sharing/Excess Fee Complaint in Hecker v. Deere (PDF) [Guidance Overview] ESOP Plan Sponsor Held Liable for Issuance of 10-Year Note to Satisfy Repurchase Obligation (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Federal Court Denies ESOP Participant Claims for Breach of Fiduciary Duty (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Smith Barney Fails to Get Florida Pension Case Moved Out of Court [Opinion] Joint-Trade Letter Concerning H.R. 1988, 'The Conflicted Investment Advice Prohibition Act of 2009' (PDF) An Understanding of the Two-Hat Dilemma Is Essential to All Aspects of Fiduciary Responsibility [Guidance Overview] A Decided Victory for Plan Fiduciaries in Company Stock Case as Court Follows Lead of Hecker v. Deere [Guidance Overview] Single Equity Fund Within Plan Did Not Give Rise to Violation of ERISA Diversification Requirement EBSA Bringing Compliance Seminar to Chicago [Guidance Overview] Judge Says Motorola Didn't Breach Fiduciary Duties [Guidance Overview] Tougher Financial Regulation Proposals May Hinder 401(k) Plan Sponsors [Guidance Overview] Company Directors and ERISA Fiduciary Status Recent Survey of Retirement Plan Sponsors Offers Some Worrisome Findings on Governance and Compliance Issues AIG Alleges Former Top Executive Plundered Retirement Plan [Guidance Overview] DOL and Banks' $9.6M Settlement in Aloha Airlines Pension Dispute [Guidance Overview] Judge Throws Out Unpaid Contribution Collection Provision in Plan Document [Guidance Overview] Administrator Breach of Fiduciary Duties by Loaning Plan Funds to Start-Up Company Detroit Pension Trustees Take Trips on Funds' Tab [Guidance Overview] Complying with ERISA's Fidelity Bonding Requirements (PDF) Fiduciary Duty to 'Assess and Protect' Plan Interests Key Issues 401(k) Plan Fiduciaries Need to Know (PDF) Registered Investment Advisors: Fiduciaries for What? (PDF) Beyond Rebalancing -- Rethinking Long-term Asset Allocation Chrysler Speeds Past Legal Limits in Race to Live; Bondholders, Step Aside! Chrysler Says Indiana Pension Funds Can't Win Appeal [Opinion] Chrysler vs. Indiana: The Little Pension Fund That Could [Guidance Overview] Fiduciary Exception Eclipses ERISA Fiduciary's Claim of Attorney Client Privilege Chrysler Enters Legal Homestretch in Case Brought by Indiana Pension Funds Court of Appeals Today Hears Indiana Pension Funds' Appeal of Chrysler Deal Whats in a Target-Date Funds Name? Misled Investors and Troubling Results Might Lead to Crackdown Links to Surveys Relating to ERISA Fiduciary Performance and Litigation EBRI Study Addresses Plan Demographics, Participants' Saving Behavior, and Target-Date Fund Investments [Opinion] Text of Comments Filed to Date re DOL/SEC Hearing on Target Date Funds and Similar Investment Options No Bond Safe from Obama's 'Shared-Sacrifice' Plan [Guidance Overview] Lack Of Due Diligence Resulted In ERISA Fiduciary Liability For Defaulted Loans from Welfare Trust Indiana State Treasurer Appeals Chrysler Deal; Says Priority for Unsecured Creditors is Unacceptable Investing After Retirement: Consider TIPS as Part of Diversified Portfolio [Opinion] American Benefits Council Comments on H.R. 1988, the 'Conflicted Investment Advice Prohibition Act of 2009' (PDF) [Opinion] Interplay of Bankruptcy Laws and ERISA Fiduciary Law [Guidance Overview] Fiduciary Liability Insurance Policy Does Not Cover COBRA Violation Announcing a New Blog: ERISA Fiduciary Guidebook [Guidance Overview] Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of 401(k) Fee Lawsuit (PDF) [Opinion] Is 'Your Mattress' a Valid Retirement Savings Option? The Implications of Financial Turbulence for Plan Sponsors (PDF) [Guidance Overview] 401(k) Fee Litigation, May 2009 Update [Guidance Overview] Guide to New Form 5500 Schedule C Reporting and Disclosure Rules Including Gifts and Gratuities (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Tips to Keep the Company 401(k) Plan on Track How Does Your Investment Committee Stack Up Against Others? [Guidance Overview] Radio Shack 401(k) Fiduciary Breach Case Plaintiffs Seek Class Action Nod [Guidance Overview] Indiana Employer Wins Mixed Ruling in Benefits Case Give Your Retirement and Health Plans a Litigation Checkup Wirehouses Add Fiduciary Reps in Effort to Win 401(k) Business 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). 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