I really enjoyed writing this week’s Five Favorites for Friday post. It brought me down the nostalgia trail all the way back to my days defending insurance companies against LTD claims and then routed me back to the future with stories about the latest class action theories against plan fiduciaries and the future of benefit

Last week’s Five Favorites for Friday post ran a little heavy, with a focus on five different issues and articles concerning the Department of Labor’s new proposed regulation intended to somehow reduce class action litigation and increase participants’ exposure to alternative investments all at the same time. That seems like a trick worthy of Penn

Some weeks the Five Favorites write themselves and this week was one of them. I think it’s because so many of the articles hit right dead center on issues I have litigated or counseled on over the years, including disputes between excess and primary insurers, whether forfeiture under a 401(k) plan is appropriate, withdrawal liability