91 FR 4348 — Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jan 30, 2026
p health plans negotiating contracts annually × $181.06 hourly wage of legal professional × 1 hour = $69,441,580.
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261.
Remy Samuels, PLANSPONSOR Roadmap: A PBM Process,
(April 21, 2025)
https://www.plansponsor.com/plansponsor-roadmap-a-pbm-process/.
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262.
See discussion of the exclu…
91 FR 46602 — Electronic Disclosure by Group Health Plans Under ERISA ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jul 23, 2026
…ormation on SECURE 2.0 Section 319, Effectiveness of Reporting and Disclosure Requirements
(May 22, 2024),
https://www.regulations.gov/comment/EBSA-2024-0001-0024.
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69.
SPARK Institute,
Request for Information on SECURE 2.0 Section 319, Effectiveness of Reporting and Disclosure Requirements
(May 21, …
91 FR 16088 — Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Mar 31, 2026
…nt resources have been expended in defense.
See, e.g., Mattson
v.
Milliman, Inc.,
No. C22-0037 TSZ, 2024 WL 3024875 (W.D. Wash. June 17, 2024) (disposing of a frivolous case, but only after a bench trial);
Falberg
v.
Goldman Sachs Grp., Inc.,
No. 19 Civ. 9910 (ER), 2022 WL 4280634 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 14, 2022),
aff'd,
No. …
90 FR 28007 — Selection of Annuity Providers-Safe Harbor for Individual Account Plans ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 1, 2025related by meaning
…655, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, Attn: Selection of Annuity Providers—Safe Harbor for Individual Account Plans Direct Final Rule RIN 1210-AC33.
Instructions:
89 FR 23090 — Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 for Transactions Determined by Independent Qualified Professional Asset Managers (the QPAM Exemption) ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 3, 2024★ strong match
…eriod for the Proposed Amendment.
In the September 7, 2022,
Federal Register notice, the Department announced that it would hold a virtual public hearing on its own motion on November 17, 2022 (and if necessary, on November 18, 2022), to provide an opportunity for all interested parties to testify on material informati…
89 FR 32260 — Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 25, 2024related by meaning
ded effective April 8, 2024 (29 CFR part 2570, subpart B (89 FR 4662 (January 24, 2024)).
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[FR Doc. 2024-08066 Filed 4-24-24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-29-P
91 FR 13503 — Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary: Notice of Court Vacatur ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Mar 20, 2026
…tment advice to a plan or its participants or beneficiaries for a fee or other compensation.[1] The 2024 Fiduciary Rule also applied to the definition of a “fiduciary” of a plan (including an individual retirement account (IRA)) under section 4975(e)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Code). The 2024 Fiduciary…
91 FR 9213 — Requirement To Provide Paper Statements in Certain Cases-Amendments to Electronic Disclosure Safe Harbors ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Feb 25, 2026★ strong match
… plan specific information.
Estimate
(primary)
Year
dollar
Discount rate
(percent)
Period
covered
Annualized Monetized ($ Millions/Year)
$49.40
47.38
2024
2024
7
3
2025-2034
2025-2034
Transfers:
Quantified:
• Transfer the costs associated with paper delivery of duplicate pension benefit statements from participants t…
89 FR 4662 — Procedures Governing the Filing and Processing of Prohibited Transaction Exemption Applications ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jan 24, 2024related by meaning
t period that began on the hearing date would close on October 28, 2022.[7]
Eight organizations submitted comments during the reopened comment period. After careful consideration of the comments and testimony, the Department is finalizing the Proposed Rule (the Final Amendment). The Final Amendment makes a number of ch…
88 FR 17466 — Reopening Comment Period for the Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 (the QPAM Exemption) ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Mar 23, 2023related by meaning
lable for public inspection in EBSA's Public Disclosure Room, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-1513, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210. Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of March, 2023.
Lisa M. Gomez,
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
Footnote…
89 FR 32302 — Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-24 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 25, 2024★ strong match
…ents they have confronted in complying with the current conditions of PTE 2020-02 when distributing annuities through independent agents (Independent Producers), the Department is granting this amendment to PTE 84-24 as provided herein (the “Final Amendment”) on its own motion pursuant to its authority under ERISA sect…
FAB 2026-03 — Guiding Principles for EBSA's Enforcement of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act's Nonquantitative Treatment Limitation Requirements ERISADOL Field Assistance BulletinsJan 15, 2026
…d
practical framework
for
compl
iance
with
MHPAEA’s NQTL requirements
.
B
ACKGROUND On September 9, 2024, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and the
Treasury (the Departments) issued
the 2024 Final Rule
.
The 2024 Final Rule amended
previous
1
US Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security …
89 FR 32122 — Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 25, 2024
…nt Investors' trust in advisers.
Costs:
Estimate
Year dollar
Discount rate
(percent)
Period covered
Annualized Monetized ($million/Year)
$359.9
356.0
2024
2024
7
3
2024-2033
2024-2033
Quantified Costs:
The Department expects that entities will not incur additional costs from the amendments to PTE 77-4, PTE 80-83, and P…
ERISACourt RulingsAug 17, 2026
…s Court of Appeals
For the Eleventh Circuit
____________________
No. 25 -10692
____________________
ANN JOHNSON,
as the representative of a class of similarly
situated persons, and on behalf of Royal
Caribbean Cruises Ltd Retirement Savings Plan,
Plainti - Appellant,
versus
RUSSELL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC,
RUSSELL I…
82 FR 47409 — Claims Procedure for Plans Providing Disability Benefits; Extension of Applicability Date ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Oct 12, 2017related by meaning
le in order to solicit additional public input and examine regulatory alternatives. If this proposal is finalized, the amendments made on December 19, ( printed page 47410)
2016, would become applicable to claims for disability benefits that are filed after April 1, 2018, rather than January 1, 2018.
DATES:
Comments on…
82 FR 57664 — 18-Month Extension of Transition Period and Delay of Applicability Dates; Best Interest Contract Exemption (PTE 2016-01); Class Exemption for Principal Transac… ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Dec 7, 2017related by meaning
…ee 82 FR 16902, 16915 (April 7, 2017).”
Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of December, 2017.
Jeanne Klinefelter Wilson,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2017-26478 Filed 12-5-17; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 4510-29-P
90 FR 38908 — Selection of Annuity Providers-Safe Harbor for Individual Account Plans; Withdrawal ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Aug 12, 2025related by meaning
may access the telephone number above by TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877- 8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the DFR, the Department stated that if significant adverse comments (as defined in the DFR) were received by July 31, 2025, the Department would publish a timely noti…
88 FR 76004 — Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-24 ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Nov 3, 2023related by meaning
…ain fiduciaries of plans and IRAs.
DATES:
Public Comments.
Comments are due on or before January 2, 2024.
Public Hearing.
88 FR 9408 — Amendment and Restatement of Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Feb 14, 2023related by meaning
of section 305 as it affects EPCRS that should be taken into account by the Department in making further revisions to the VFC Program and PTE 2002-51. Signed at Washington, DC, this 1st day of February, 2023.
Lisa M. Gomez,
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor.
Footnotes
1…
87 FR 73822 — Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Dec 1, 2022related by meaning
de and investment courses of action taken after January 30, 2023.
(2) Paragraphs (d)(2)(iii) and (d)(4)(ii) of this section apply on December 1, 2023. Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of November, 2022.
Lisa M. Gomez,
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
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