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All of us! Even before the financial challenges brought on by COVID-19, retirement saving for workers in the US was insufficient—and in fact, worsening. For example, data from 2014-2017 shows that only 40% of employers…
Read Moreabout Who Needs to Save for Retirement?

Identity theft has been on the rise—and that means plan sponsors have to up their cybersecurity efforts. According to AARP: Identity theft occurs when someone obtains someone else’s personal information, such as a Social Security…
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Plan sponsors have a lot of responsibility as fiduciaries when managing an employee benefit plan. They have to make sure that the plan assets are invested properly, employees are given adequate information about benefits, employees…
Read Moreabout Hiring Outside Advisors Does Not Remove Plan Sponsor Fiduciary Liability

A former worker of Omnicom Group, Inc. is suing the company and plan fiduciaries, accusing them of ERISA violations while managing the firm’s employee benefit plan. The complaint, filed on July 31 in a U.S. District…
Read Moreabout Omnicom Slammed with Fiduciary Breach

In the past few months, Wisconsin, among other states, has seen a rise in class litigations involving breach of fiduciary duty claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or ERISA. These types…
Read Moreabout Wisconsin Sees Spike in ERISA Class Action Claims

A fiduciary is an organization or individual that holds the critical power and responsibility of acting on behalf of others. A fiduciary pledges to carry out their daily duties honestly and through good faith. A fiduciary…
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Retirement plan sponsors are beginning to see more claims involving the alleged wrongful use of personal information belonging to retirement plan participants claimed to be “plan assets”. The specifics of these allegations is that employers…
Read Moreabout Is Personal Information of Plan Participants An ERISA Plan Asset?

Retirement plans and, specifically, their plan sponsors are being threatened more and more by cyber attacks. Recordkeepers, custodians, and third party administrators are being attacked due to all the valuable personal data they harbor and…
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The Eleventh Circuit just confirmed their outlook on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or ERISA. The new decision in Williamson v. Travelport, LP 953 F. 3d 1278 (11th Cir. 2020), illuminated the latitude…
Read Moreabout Eleventh Circuit Releases Long-Awaited Decision on ERISA Sanctions