“DOL officials emphasized returning to—and applying—the core principles of ERISA: Plan sponsors need prudent processes to ...

With a deadline ticking, the Department of Labor has submitted for review a proposed rule that would clarify its position on alternative assets and the appropriate fiduciary process.

The Labor Department has weighed in in support of plan fiduciaries in a second forfeiture reallocation suit — with another likely in the wings.

If there’s one thing retirement plan sponsors learn quickly, it’s that “settled law” in ERISA litigation is often as stable as quick-sand. The ...

On November 28, 2025, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) motion to withdraw its defense of the Biden administration’s Retirement Security Rule (the “2024 ...

June 9 has come and gone and civilization has not collapsed. The clock is now ticking toward the January 1, 2018, full compliance date, but the Department of Labor’s fiduciary compliance regulations ...

The Department of Labor’s proposed rule would have expanded the definition of a fiduciary for retirement investors, including rollovers from 401(k) accounts. The Department of Labor withdrew its ...

The Department of Labor announced Monday that it would reproprose its rule on the application of the fiduciary standard to retirement accounts. The announcement came after House Financial Services ...

The Trump administration has filed a motion to pause its appeals of court rulings that suspended the Department of Labor’s 2024 fiduciary rule. Two federal courts granted the stays of the rule last ...

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In early April, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued its new rule defining the fiduciary standard for financial services provided to retirement assets. But DC plan sponsors, financial advisors and ...

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