Following on what appears to be the largest jury verdict ever recorded for an ERISA class action, Schlichter Bogard LLC is asking the court to award what may be the largest award of attorney fees.
The Department of Labor (DOL) put out its shutdown contingency plan on Friday. If Congress fails to pass a budget by Wednesday morning, most non-essential government functions will cease.
Changing jobs can be a time of great energy and excitement — but if you’re not attentive, it can also undermine your retirement security. Here are five ways it can do so.
The truth is nobody owns the alphabet. If you think you do, you’re not running a business. You’re just a troll under the bridge, waiting for the goats to cross. Just sayin’. Todd Kading is President ...
A second settlement in a forfeiture reallocation suit has been announced. The settlement was announced in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by attorneys from Morgan, Lewis ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its latest monthly report on employee benefits in the United States, and retirement benefit coverage for workers specifically.
Enacted in July, Trump accounts will provide an avenue that can be used to help newborns save for retirement or other expenses such as higher education. But how does the investing industry view them?
Human Interest, the self-described “retirement industry disruptor,” is out with another first-of-its-kind solution that all but eliminates the cost of an annual 401(k) audit for mid-sized businesses.
A new study from Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research finds that advisors’ compensation structure has greater influence on the equity allocation they recommend than their views on the ...
Another suit challenging the transfer of pension obligations to a third party has been dismissed, with a federal judge finding the lack of an imminent, specific harm sufficient to deny the plaintiffs ...
Last week, the IRS surprised us all with the release of final regulations regarding catch-up contributions — but not as surprised as I was with the misreadings of those regulations.
Responding to a recent call from a financial advisor in Minnesota, the ERISA consultants at the Retirement Learning Center (RLC) address how a missed deferral opportunity (MDO) must be corrected to ...