"Tatum v. RJR Pension Investment Committee" ERISA fiduciary "Fourth Circuit" "Jim Rockford" "James Garner" "Barbarians at the Gate"

Somehow, RJR Nabisco has always been fascinating, from beginning to now. There must be something about combining tobacco and Oreos that gets the imagination flowing; maybe its the combination of the country’s most regulated consumer product with the wonders of possibly the world’s favorite cookie. Heck, its birth even birthed a book and then, in