The Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) recently announced its 2026 national enforcement projects, signaling changes in the administration’s enforcement priorities for this fiscal year. The Department identified priorities both with respect to health and welfare plans and retirement plans, as well as cybersecurity, although the Department has clearly shifted significant resources to health
2. Courts Differ On What Is Required To Support Fiduciary Breach Claims
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”). Among other things, the OBBBA created a “starter” individual retirement account called a “Trump Account” and authorized a program under which an employer can make non-taxable contributions to an employee’s Trump Account. Employers considering the new Trump
Potentially signaling a new wave of litigation, AT&T Inc. and AT&T Services, Inc. (AT&T) were hit with a class-action lawsuit on March 11, 2024 filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts relating to the 2023 transfer of $8 billion of their pension liabilities – covering approximately 96,000 participants in AT&T’s
On September 29, 2023, the Department of Labor (DOL) issues Advisory Opinion 2023-01A (Opinion) approving Citibank’s Diverse Asset Manager Program (Program) as it relates to plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The Opinion provides a road map primarily for pension and 401(k) plan sponsors who wish to increase the