The Department of Labor’s fourth amicus brief sided with employers, saying the decision on how to use retirement plan ...

Noting that “the fiduciary-centered issue in this case — one of dozens percolating through the courts — lives in the heartland of those standards in which clarity, uniformity, and consistency must ...

Once again, the DOL argues that choosing how to allocate forfeitures cannot constitute a fiduciary breach under the Employee ...

The Department of Labor has weighed in on a third suit challenging the use of plan forfeitures to offset employer contributions.

Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) published proposed regulations (408(b) rules) that would significantly increase transparency requirements for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Explore the Best-Interest Contract Exemption (BICE), its regulations, implications for fiduciaries, and why it was vacated in 2018. Gain insights into its legacy and effects.

A final rule delaying the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule by 60 days was made public Tuesday evening. It will be published in the Federal Register Friday, April 7. The applicability date of the ...

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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