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401(k)
519 published works
The Business of Benefits
ERISA Traps Related to “Retail” Annuities Purchased by 401(k) Plans
By Robert Toth
With the current attention being paid to annuities by the recent activity of Treasury, those plan sponsors and their advisors who may be interested in annuities in their 401(k) plans…
Benefit Notes
Section 401(k) Compliance Check Questionnaire — Interim Report Issued
By Stinson LLP
Those of you interested in data regarding the prevalence of certain features in 401(k) plans may find of interest the Interim Report on the Section 401(k) Compliance Check Questionnaire. This…
Benefits Law Advisor
Fee Disclosures to Participants in 401(k) and 403(b) Plans) Due By August 30, 2012
By Monique Warren, Melissa Ostrower
Under Department of Labor Regulations, plan administrators of individual account plans such as 401(k) plans and most 403(b) plans must provide all participants who are eligible to direct investments in the plan with certain…
The Business of Benefits
DC Plans and the Recession Inequities
By Robert Toth
Many in the industry saw early on, and tried to address, the terrible disruption caused by the change in 403(b) regulations during the recession. In many circumstances, the transition to…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
The Realities of Plan Fees – Or Why They Are Not Excessive Just Because They Exist
Amidst all the commentary and lawsuits over excessive fees – or allegedly excessive fees – on 401(k) investment options comes this article pointing out all that advisors do to earn…
The Business of Benefits
Timing and the ERISA Account
By Robert Toth
It is not often that one gets to hearken back to the very basic law governing 401(a) plans in addressing an issue, but one of the key questions related to…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Defensive Plan Building After Loomis
Many of you may remember the race among law firms, after the trial court ruling in Tibble, to issue client alerts advising plan sponsors to make sure they were not…
The Retirement Plan Blog
Some fiduciary services are more equal than others
By Jerry Kalish
One thing you can say for sure about the 401(k) business, it’s responsive to the needs of the marketplace. Since the beginning of 401(k) plans in the early 1980s, 401(k)…
Employee Benefits Blog
No Seventh Circuit Rehearing in Kraft ERISA “Excessive Fees” Case
by Chris C. Scheithauer and Joseph S. Adams As previously described in this blog earlier this year, a divided Seventh Circuit panel reversed summary judgment in favor of Kraft Foods…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Playing Hot Potato With Employer Stock
This is an interesting piece on one of the most loaded issues in ERISA litigation, namely the potential personal liability of corporate officers who run a company’s benefit plans, in…