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Fiduciary duties of trustees, directors, others

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EBSA Schedules Advice Rule Public Hearing

[Guidance Overview] Personal Liability Claims Based Upon Unpaid Plan Contributions Advance

[Opinion] ERIC Files Comments on DOL Proposed Regulation on Investment Advice

[Guidance Overview] Improving Plan Diversification Through Reenrollment in a QDIA (PDF)

Retirement Plan Investment Committee Considerations in a Time of Extraordinary Events Affecting Financial Markets

[Opinion] Pension Rights Center Comments on Proposed Regulations and Class Exemption on Investment Advice (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] Update on 401(k) Fee Litigation

[Opinion] Fiduciary Prudence Is Key in Times of Market Extremes (PDF)

Advisers Set to Benefit from the Transformation of 403(b) Plans

[Guidance Overview] Proposed Regulations Regarding 401(k) Plan Disclosures (PDF)

[Opinion] Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims

[Official Guidance] Text of EBSA Amendment to ERISA Prohibited Transaction Exemption for Services Provided in Connection with Termination of Abandoned Individual Account Pension Plans (PDF)

[Official Guidance] Text of Amendment to Final EBSA Regs: Safe Harbor for Distributions from Terminated Retirement Plans, Including Orphan Plans (PDF)

[Official Guidance] Text of Final EBSA Regs: Statutory Exemption for Cross-Trading of Securities by ERISA Plan Fiduciaries (PDF)

[Official Guidance] Text of Final EBSA Regs: Selection of Annuity Providers; Safe Harbor for Individual Account Plans (PDF)

Courts Divide on Fiduciary Status of 401(k) Plan Service Providers

[Guidance Overview] ERISA Revenue-Sharing Litigation Update (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates, the History Behind It, and How One Case Can Clarify and Create Confusion at the Same Time (PDF)

Stock-Drop Plaintiffs Win Skirmishes in Fifth Third Case

[Guidance Overview] DOL's Proposed Participant Fee Disclosure Rules (PDF)

Court Certifies Class in ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty 401(k) Case against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Is Your Retirement Plan 404(c) and 404(a) Compliant?

Schering-Plough Stock Drop Case Gets Class Action Status

International Paper Fee Suit Certified as Class Action

Ohio Business Owner Enters Plea on 401(k) Annual Reports Charge

[Guidance Overview] Proposed Regs Require Defined Contribution Plans to Disclose Fee and Investment Information to Participants Beginning January 1, 2009 (PDF)

Caterpillar Fee Suit Survives First Legal Hurdle

Market Turbulence Has Implications for ERISA Fiduciaries

[Opinion] On Backdating, ERISA, and the Possibly Unintended Consequences of the Diamond Hypothetical

Cashed-Out Participant Gets Go-Ahead in Company Stock Drop Case

Shareholder Suits Face Uncertainty, Higher Hurdles

[Guidance Overview] Financial Markets Impact ERISA Retirement Plans and Plan Fiduciaries

Update in the On-Going ERISA 401(k) Class Action Against American Electric Power

[Guidance Overview] Disclosure of Fees Charged by Plan Service-Providers: Some Practical Implications

[Guidance Overview] DOL Proposed Regulations on Investment Advice and Proposed Class Exemption from the ERISA Prohibited Transaction Rules (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] Do You Have a Pension Funding Policy . . . and Is It Working?

[Guidance Overview] Participant Contribution Timing Rules for Small Plans and Trustee Role for Late Transmittal of Contributions (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] Practical Pointers for Plan Fiduciaries in Uncertain Economic Times

[Opinion] Disclosure of Expenses to Participants - Response to Question from a Reader

[Official Guidance] Correcting ERISA 401(k) Plan Failures When Employee Contributions Are Not Remitted in a Timely Manner

[Opinion] Joshua Itzoe on Fixing the 401(k)

[Opinion] Wall Street Collapse = ERISA Stock Drop Litigation

9th Circuit Stands with Other Courts on Ex-Participant Lawsuit Ruling

[Official Guidance] Text of IRS Notice 2008-81: Federal Government to Support Money Market Funds for September 19 Assets (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] In Jeopardy: The Future Role of an Advisor after PPA and 408(b)(2)

[Opinion] Vanguard Comment Letter to the DOL in Support of Fee Transparency

[Opinion] ASPPA/CIKR Comments to Senate HELP Committee's Hearing: '401(k) Fee Disclosure: Helping Workers Save for Retirement (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] Another Question is Answered in the 401(k) Plans Q&A Column

[Opinion] Pension Rights Center Testimony on Improving the Disclosure of 401(k) Fees (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] New Proposed Disclosure Requirements for Retirement Plan Fees and Investment Expenses: Part II (PDF)

Regulator Warns Senators Not to Impede DOL Fee Disclosure Rulemaking

University of California Workers Want Larger Role in Governing Pension Plan

[Guidance Overview] A Constant State of Exhaustion? LaRue v. DeWolff Revisited

[Opinion] The Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets Comments on Fee Disclosure (PDF)

Update on 401(k) Fee Litigation

DOL Proposal Requires Plan Fiduciaries to Disclose Basic Information and Expenses

[Guidance Overview] Operational Non-Compliance in ERISA Qualified Plans Can Cause Problems for Employers

Tough Economic Times Have Employers Looking to Improve Retirement Benefits

[Opinion] Can Brokers Be Fiduciaries?

[Guidance Overview] Does Green Mean Go? Trustee Decision-Making in the Post-PPA '06 Era (PDF)

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