401(k)

Caesars Fiduciaries Hit Jackpot Due to Prudent ProcessesRequired Roth Catch-Up Goes Live in 2026

403(b)

Required Roth Catch-Up Goes Live in 2026

Assets Under Management

Caesars Fiduciaries Hit Jackpot Due to Prudent Processes

Defined Benefit Plans

A “Big, Beautiful” New Benefit? What Employers Need To Know About Trump AccountsA Tale of Two Decisions: District Courts Diverge on Constitutional Standing to Bring Pension Risk Transfer Claims

DOL

Plaintiffs’ Pension Risk Transfer Claims Don’t Stand: Verizon Scores Sweeping Dismissal, and DOL Urges Same Fate for Lockheed

Economic Downturn

Winter Is Coming: Employee Benefits Planning for the Eventual Economic DownturnWinter Is Coming: Employee Benefits Planning for the Eventual Economic Downturn

Employer Contributions Program

Trump Accounts on the Menu: A New Cafeteria Plan Option, Other Details from Initial Treasury Guidance

Employer Stock

Recent Decisions Cast Doubt on Stock Drop as a Basis to State a Claim Against ESOP TrusteeJander v. IBM: an Aberration or the Start of a Plaintiff-Friendly Trend in ERISA Employer Stock Cases?

ERISA

Plaintiffs’ Pension Risk Transfer Claims Don’t Stand: Verizon Scores Sweeping Dismissal, and DOL Urges Same Fate for LockheedCaesars Fiduciaries Hit Jackpot Due to Prudent Processes

ESOP

Decoding DOL’s 2026 Enforcement Strategy for Plan Sponsors and Service ProvidersUpdate: Common Interest, Denied

Fee Cases

Ninth Circuit Addresses ERISA Preemption of Claims Involving “Fee Forgiving”ERISA Settlements – The Non-Monetary Concessions Continue to Mount

FEMA

Avenues for Benefit Plan-Related Relief in Response to the California Wildfires

FICA

Required Roth Catch-Up Goes Live in 2026

Fiduciary Duty

Plaintiffs’ Pension Risk Transfer Claims Don’t Stand: Verizon Scores Sweeping Dismissal, and DOL Urges Same Fate for LockheedFiduciary Claims May Leave Health Plans on Life Support

Form 5500

Shutdown Showdown: What to Expect if the Government Goes Dark AgainUpdates and Best Practices Regarding Form 5500 Filings for Single-Employer Defined Contribution Plans

Health & Welfare

Decoding DOL’s 2026 Enforcement Strategy for Plan Sponsors and Service ProvidersRecently Filed Lawsuit A Good Reminder for Self-Insured Health Plan Fiduciaries

Healthcare

Extreme Couponing: How Manufacturer Coupons Impact Health Plans

Investment Fiduciaries

PRT Litigation Interim Scorecard: Defendants Are Up, But Standing Remains In FluxDOL Again Enters the Investment Advice Fray With Proposed Retirement Security Rule

Investment Management Agreement

Caesars Fiduciaries Hit Jackpot Due to Prudent Processes

Investment Policy Statement

Caesars Fiduciaries Hit Jackpot Due to Prudent Processes

IRA

Trump Accounts on the Menu: A New Cafeteria Plan Option, Other Details from Initial Treasury Guidance

Notice 2025-68

Trump Accounts on the Menu: A New Cafeteria Plan Option, Other Details from Initial Treasury Guidance

Plan Sponsors

Decoding DOL’s 2026 Enforcement Strategy for Plan Sponsors and Service ProvidersPRT Litigation Interim Scorecard: Defendants Are Up, But Standing Remains In Flux

PRTs

Plaintiffs’ Pension Risk Transfer Claims Don’t Stand: Verizon Scores Sweeping Dismissal, and DOL Urges Same Fate for Lockheed

Retirement Plans

Decoding DOL’s 2026 Enforcement Strategy for Plan Sponsors and Service ProvidersPRT Litigation Interim Scorecard: Defendants Are Up, But Standing Remains In Flux

RFP

Caesars Fiduciaries Hit Jackpot Due to Prudent Processes

Roth

Required Roth Catch-Up Goes Live in 2026

Secure 2.0

Required Roth Catch-Up Goes Live in 2026DOL Guidance Looks to Boost PEPs, Signals Potential PEP Fiduciary Safe Harbor

Student Loan Program

Guidance Is Needed for SECURE 2.0’s Student Loan Matching Contribution Programs

Trump Accounts

Trump Accounts on the Menu: A New Cafeteria Plan Option, Other Details from Initial Treasury Guidance

Uncategorized

Decoding DOL’s 2026 Enforcement Strategy for Plan Sponsors and Service ProvidersImportant Plan Sponsor Takeaways from Bally’s Management Win on Dismissal of Tobacco Surcharge Claims