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A federal district court in Massachusetts dismissed ERISA fiduciary breach and prohibited transaction claims against 401(k) plan fiduciaries, ruling that the prohibited transaction claims were time-barred and the fiduciary...more
I always say that I come up with many ideas, but most of them are bad. Seriously, there are so many bad ideas out there in the 401(k) space and one of the really bad ideas out there are bundled plan providers using their own,...more
Goldman Sachs has been sued for the alleged “unlawful” management of its company 401(k) plan for using their in-house actively managed proprietary mutual funds....more
Massachusetts Financial Services Co. (MFS) has reached a settlement of nearly $7 million in a lawsuit alleging that the company enriched itself at the expense of its employees’ retirement savings by loading its 401(k) plans...more
I have always been concerned about the use of proprietary funds, especially belong to mutual fund companies and their use in their own 401(k) plans because they’re ripe to be a target for a class action lawsuit. Fidelity...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: A district court recently denied a motion to dismiss a 401(k) proprietary fund class action, continuing an overwhelming trend of allowing these cases to survive pleading challenges....more
It should be no surprise that the rampant uptick in 401(k) litigation is also going to venture into the 403(b) world. Four class action lawsuits were filed against MIT, New York University, and Yale University. The cases...more
There is a proliferation of litigation against plan sponsors and against bundled 401(k) plan providers for offering their own proprietary funds in 401(k) plans for their employees as well as the 401(k) plans they administer...more
According to a new study, nearly half (47%) of all advisors selling 401(k) plans now recommend an external manager for target date funds rather than the proprietary target date funds offered by the plan record-keeper....more