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For those of you readers who are interested in the issue of fiduciary liability for excessive 401(k) fees – and who isn’t? – here is more on the subject.  I posted before about ways to avoid exposure to these types of claims, and Susan Mangiero has more on that topic here.  Meanwhile, Workplace Prof has…

Some of you hopefully saw my recommendation the other day concerning this morning’s webinar on 401(k) plan fees and the attendant obligations of fiduciaries. The webinar discussed in detail the obligations of plan sponsors and other fiduciaries with regard to 401(k) plans and their accompanying fees. On the key issue of how to avoid incurring liability for breach of…

Here’s a very interesting decision, Northcutt v. General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan, out of the 7th Circuit, upholding the right of administrators to rely on recoupment language in a plan to set off a lump sum social security payment received by a beneficiary against on-going payment obligations to that beneficiary that would otherwise…

Jerry Kalish has a terrific post, drawing on a law firm white paper, about the potential ERISA liabilities of financial advisors and others who manage or otherwise help to run company 401(k) plans. As he discusses, class action lawsuits are being filed alleging ERISA violations in the operation of such plans; the suits stem…

A terrific paper on the application of ERISA and its fiduciary duty standards to 401(k) plans and to the people who run them is available free right now from the ABA. As employee benefit plans, these retirement plans are within ERISA’s ambit and the companies and individuals who operate them are subject to the fiduciary…