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Breckenridge Ski Resort is getting up in age. The resort is celebrating its 60th anniversary Thursday, Dec. 16. Skiers and snowboarders know Breckenridge as an iconic Colorado ski resort that attracts thousands of people daily...
ICON Clinical Research Faces Common ERISA Claims One feature the new complaint has in common with suits filed previously by Capozzi Adler is its reliance on comparing the plan’s expenses for investments and administration services with a group of alleged peers. A new Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania levels various fiduciary breach claims against ICON Clinical Research, a provider of outsourced development and commercialization services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device indu...
Defending Against Excessive Fee Cases: It’s All About Procedure It’s crucial for plan sponsors to have and follow a good investment policy statement and to carefully document the reasons for all their decisions. Reported by There has been a surge of excessive fee lawsuits filed against plan sponsors in recent years. But there are strategies retirement plan sponsors and their attorneys can take to defend themselves, Carol Buckmann, ERISA [Employee Retirement Income Security Act] attorney and founding partner of Cohen & Buckmann, tells PLANSPONSOR. “Even if a trial progresses, there are a...
ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Auto Parts Co. Wants $1B ERISA Suit Axed After Colo. Ruling Law360 (January 21, 2021, 2:16 PM EST) -- A Michigan federal judge should follow a Colorado court's lead and toss a proposed 401(k) class action against Magna after the auto parts supplier's employees accused it of including too-expensive investment options into their $1 billion retirement plan, the company said. In a brief Wednesday supporting its August motion to dismiss, Magna International of America Inc. pointed to a Jan. 6 decision from the Colorado district court that addressed a similar Employee ...
Federal judge dismisses ERISA suit against Vail Corp. Getty Images/iStockphoto A U.S. District Court judge in Durango, Colo., dismissed a complaint against The Vail Corp. by a former participant in the company's 401(k) plan who alleged ERISA violations by failing to exercise a duty of loyalty to participants and a duty of prudence in managing the plan. "Plaintiff puts forth no facts suggesting that any of the defendant's action were for the purpose of benefiting itself," wrote U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson in a Jan. 6 opinion rejecting the duty-of-loyalty claim. The plaintiff's "alle...