12.07.2023 03.47 CDT

Yale takes fiduciary case to trial—and prevails

Yale Prevails in Fiduciary Suit

Yale Prevails in Fiduciary Suit

The jury found that Yale breached fiduciary duties and cause plan to pay excessive fees; at the same time the jury found that a fiduciary following a prudent process could have made the same decisions and awarded $0 in damages.

17.11.2022 11.59 CST

A round of court cases following Supreme Court’s Hughes decision places a greater burden on plaintiffs bringing fiduciary litigation.

Court of Appeals Reject Generalized Allegations

Court of Appeals Reject Generalized Allegations

Several recent decisions handed down by federal appellate courts offer some good news for plan fiduciaries. In each of these cases the courts affirmed dismissals of fiduciary litigation, concluding that the facts alleged were just not enough to support a claim. The dismissals were based on the courts’ assessment that even if the general facts alleged were true (e.g., that other plans paid less in recordkeeping or management fees or that other funds performed better) –those facts would not show that the actions taken by the fiduciaries for these specific plans were not prudent.

01.02.2022 03.04 CST

Fiduciaries are responsible to exercise prudence in all decisions—not just some.

Supreme Court Weighs in (Marginally) in Fiduciary Litigation

Supreme Court Weighs in (Marginally) in Fiduciary Litigation

The Supreme Court’s decision leaves unanswered many difficult questions facing fiduciaries.

02.03.2021 03.16 CST

Plaintiffs’ must use truly comparable benchmarks in claiming imprudent fiduciary decisions.

Fiduciary Litigation Update

Fiduciary Litigation Update

New court rulings may benefit employers.

A recent court case provides some potentially valuable guidance into ways plan fiduciaries can approach fiduciary litigation. Most importantly, the case could force plaintiffs to focus on truly comparable situations in alleging that a plan’s actions were imprudent--this would limit plaintiffs’ ability to use, as benchmarks of prudent behavior, general industry data or different categories of investments (such as comparing index funds to actively managed funds).

07.02.2018 07.00 CST

A new chapter may be opening in the ongoing saga of litigation against plan fiduciaries. A new target in this sage - plan vendors’ use of participant confidential financial to facilitate the cross-sales of non-plan financial products.

Fiduciary Lawsuits: A New Chapter Opening?

Fiduciary Lawsuits: A New Chapter Opening?

Latest Complaint Against NYU Raises New Challenges

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the NYU retirement plans have filed an amended complaint. This new complaint challenges the use, by the plans’ recordkeeper, of participant confidential financial data and the recordkeeper’s cross-selling of non-plan financial products to plan participants.