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U.S. Department of Labor Recovered Approximately $1.6 Billion for Employee Benefit Plans in 2018:

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March 13, 2019
  The DOL recently released a Fact Sheet detailing monetary recoveries that its Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) obtained for its 2018 fiscal…
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Department of Labor Announces Annual Adjustments to Several Retirement Plan Penalties:

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February 12, 2019
  The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently published annual guidance adjusting certain penalties that can affect qualified retirement plans. This guidance was…
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February 2019 ERISA Litigation Update:

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February 12, 2019
  Given the continuing wave of ERISA litigation, this article has become a mainstay of The Speed Reader. Cases that were recently filed…
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New Department of Labor Guidance Addresses Treatment of Cashed-Out Participant Accounts: 

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January 14, 2019
The U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) recently published Advisory Opinion 2018-01A (the “Opinion”), which deals with an interesting approach for handling retirement…
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