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Securities Law Prof Blog
FINRA Releases Results of Study of Automatic Enrollment in 401(k) Plans
FINRA announced that a new study of employer-sponsored retirement plans shows that employees are nearly unanimous in their support of being automatically enrolled in their companies' 401(k) plans. The study…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Citigroup Sued by 401(K) Plan Participants
Another law suit filed against Citigroup, this one on behalf of participants in its 401(k) plans, alleging that the plan invested a significant amount of its funds into Citigroup stock…
The Retirement Plan Blog
The 401(k) arms race is over
By Jerry Kalish
That's the expression that AllianceBernstein, the global asset management firm, uses to describe what 401(k) plan are all about now. Since the beginning of 401(k) plans over 25 years…
Labor Law Prof Blog
PING: Choice Architecture, 401(k) Plans and Race: The Answer to a Conundrum?URL: http://www.bostonerisalaw.com/archives/retirement-benefits-choice-architecture-401k-plans-and-race-the-answer-to-a-conundrum.htmlIP: 206.135.15.187BLOG NAME: Boston ERISA Law BlogDATE: 10/18/2007 12:04:59 PMI have talked before on this blog about behavioral economics and choice architecture, which concerns the idea that how we structure retirement savings options will affect whether, and how successfully, people save for retirement. You can find a couple …
A highly interesting study was conducted recently comparing retirement saving rates in 401(k) plans based on race:The Washington Post reported this past Sunday:Employers have begun to find troubling racial differences…
Labor Law Prof Blog
PING: What I’m Reading This Week in HR Issues and Employment LawURL: http://www.ctemploymentlawblog.com/2007/10/articles/hr-issues/what-im-reading-this-week-in-hr-issues-and-employment-law/index.htmlIP: 206.135.15.187BLOG NAME: Connecticut Employment Law BlogDATE: 10/18/2007 04:13:32 AMOne of the pleasures of writing a blog is discovering other blogs out there discussing interesting topics. These are some of the entries this past week or so that caught my eye, in no particular order. The HR Capitalist Blog,…
The IRS has just issued a hyperlinked chart of common 401k plan mistakes. Here's a description, courtesy of Retirement Plan Blog:It's a 43 page PDF document that includes hypertext links…
The Retirement Plan Blog
IRS releases publication to help avoid common 401(k) plan mistakes
By Jerry Kalish
A few days ago, I wrote about the Department of Labor's new interactive website called elaws-ERISA Fiduciary Advisor which provides an overview of the basic fiduciary responsibilities applicable to retirement plans under…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Employers’ Obligations under 401(k) Plans under Examination
What are employers' responsibilities under 401(k) plans to assure that the fees charged to employees are reasonable? Class action lawsuits against a number of big companies, alleging that the companies…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Sex, Lies and 401(k) Plans?
Well, that is probably overselling this post, but we couldn’t resist the play on the title of the much hyped, much overrated 1989 movie. Regardless, here is an interesting story,…
Pension Risk Matters
ERISA Litigation Calculus
Attorney Stephen Rosenberg, creator of the Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog, provides some interesting thoughts about legal trends. Citing yours truly about the surge in pension lawsuits, Rosenberg offers that courts…
The D&O Diary
More Subprime Lawsuits
Regular readers know that I have been maintaining a list (here) of subprime lending-related securities class action lawsuits. A cluster of new subprime lending lawsuits arrived this week, and these…