90 FR 28004 — Removal of Interpretive Bulletins Relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 1, 2025related by meaning
… fact that regulation 2550.408c-2 replaces Interpretive Bulletin 75-6”).
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41 FR 3289 (Jan. 22, 1976).
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8.
43 FR 47713 (Oct. 17, 1978). Congress subsequently ratified Reorganization Plan No. 4 in 1984. See Sec. 1, Public Law 98-532, 98 Stat. 2705 (Oct. 19, 1984).
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[FR…
81 FR 47534 — Proposed Revision of Annual Information Return/Reports ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jul 21, 2016
…bility for Immediate Gain Methods.
Complete this line only if you use an immediate gain method (see Rev. Rul. 81-213, 1981-2 C.B. 101, for a definition of immediate gain method).
Lines 1c(2)(a), (b), and (c). Information for Plans Using Spread Gain Methods.
Complete these lines only if you use a spread gain method (see…
89 FR 32122 — Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 25, 2024★ strong match
two regimes cannot be harmonized or accommodated”).
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276.
John Hancock,
510 U.S. at 98.
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277.
Id.
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See BancOklahoma Mortg. Corp.
v.
Capital Title Co., Inc.,
194 F.3d 1089 (10th Cir. 1999) (stating that McCarran-Ferguson Act bars the application of a Federal sta…
85 FR 40589 — Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice: Notice of Court Vacatur ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 7, 2020related by meaning
…
RIN 1210-AB96
AGENCY:
Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
ACTION:
Final rule; technical amendment.
SUMMARY:
This document implements the vacatur of the Department's 2016 final rule defining who is a “fiduciary” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This document also ref…
90 FR 4192 — Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jan 15, 2025
… Notice 2023-43, once a plan or plan sponsor comes under examination (as defined in section 5.08 of Rev. Proc. 2021-30), an Eligible Inadvertent Participant Loan Failure is no longer eligible for self-correction under the IRS's EPCRS unless the plan sponsor has, before the plan or plan sponsor comes under examination, …
ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Nov 21, 2022
… for VFC Program correction under Title I of ERISA. Further, the latest updated version of EPCRS in Rev.
( printed page 71171)
91 FR 4348 — Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jan 30, 2026
….ct.gov/-/media/ohs/reports/ohs-report-of-pharmacy-benefit-manager-practices-pa-23-171-s7.pdf?rev=01a4809a4795421e890970d8cd5f2fc1.
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46.
Bob Herman, `It's beyond unethical': Opaque conflicts of interest permeate prescription drug benefits (June 2023),
https://www.statnews.com/2023/06/20/pbms…
89 FR 32302 — Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-24 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 25, 2024★ strong match
…blic/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.
As discussed in detail above, PTE 84-24, as amended, will exclude compensation received as a result of the provision of investment advice from the existin…
ERISAFinal Rules (FR)May 17, 2024
…CA would be tax-deferred, similar to the treatment of fully paid individual annuity contracts under Rev. Rul. 2011-7, until amounts are actually paid to the participant or beneficiary. Contemporaneous with the publication of Rev. Rul. 2020-23, the IRS published Notice 2020-80, 2020-47 IRB 1060
requesting comments on th…
84 FR 37508 — Definition of “Employer” Under Section 3(5) of ERISA-Association Retirement Plans and Other Multiple-Employer Plans ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 31, 2019
…titutions, make available for adoption by employers and that have been pre-approved by the IRS. See Rev. Proc. 2017-41, 2017-29 IRB 92. A plan that uses a Pre-Approved Plan document may either be a single-employer plan or a MEP. With respect to single-employer Pre-Approved Plans, providers often offer centralized admin…
81 FR 92639 — Savings Arrangements Established by Qualified State Political Subdivisions for Non-Governmental Employees ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Dec 20, 2016
…. 557 (H.B. 2960) (2015); Washington State Small Business Retirement Savings Marketplace Act, Wash. Rev. Code §§ 43.330.730-750 (2015).
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20.
85 FR 81658 — Fiduciary Duties Regarding Proxy Voting and Shareholder Rights ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Dec 16, 2020★ strong match
…Citation
67.
See Executive Order 13891, 84 FR 55235 (Oct. 15, 2019), promoting notice-and-comment rulemaking for guidance.
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68.
81 FR 20946 — Definition of the Term “Fiduciary”; Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016related by meaning
…-1, Parts II-V; PTE 77-4; PTE 80-83; PTE 83-1: PTE 84-24; and PTE 86-128.
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54.
The revoked exemptions include PTE 75-1, Parts I(b) and (c); PTE 75-1, Part II(2); and parts of PTE 84-2 and PTE 86-128.
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55.
88 FR 76004 — Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-24 ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Nov 3, 2023★ strong match
v
website), including as part of a comment responding to the broader proposed rule. Comments are due by January 2, 2024 to ensure their consideration. PRA Addressee:
Address requests for copies of the ICR to James Butikofer, Office of Research and Analysis, U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administr…
85 FR 82798 — Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02, Improving Investment Advice for Workers & Retirees ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Dec 18, 2020related by meaning
ired notice and comment rulemaking, citing
Am. Min. Cong.
v.
Mine Safety & Health Admin.,
995 F.2d 1106, 1112 (D.C. Cir. 1993), and
Chao
v.
Rothermel, 327 F.3d 223, 227 (3d Cir. 2003). The Department disagrees that the factors cited in these cases are satisfied. In this regard, there would be an adequate legislative ba…
81 FR 21147 — Amendment to and Partial Revocation of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 84-24 for Certain Transactions Involving Insurance Agents and Brokers, Pension Co… ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016related by meaning
….
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51.
John Hancock,
510 U.S. at 98.
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52.
The standard does not prevent investment advice fiduciaries relying on the exemption from restricting their recommended investments to proprietary products or products that generate
revenue sharing. Section IV of the Best Interest Contract Exe…
ERISARegulationsJan 1, 2017related by meaning
[Reserved]
88 FR 75890 — Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Nov 3, 2023★ strong match
laws-and-regulations/rules-and-regulations/completed-rulemaking/1210-AB32-2/ria.pdf.
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28.
See 81 FR 20946, 20964 (Apr. 8, 2016). Back to Citation
29.
Id.
at 20949 fn. 7 (citing Cerulli Associates, “U.S. Retirement Markets 2015”).
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30.
Id.
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31.
81 FR 21002 (Apr.…
ERISARegulationsJan 1, 2017
…ity:
(h)(1)(i) (i) A group trust which is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code pursuant to the principles of Rev. Rul. 81-100, 1981-1 C.B. 326,
(h)(1)(ii) (ii) A common or collective trust fund of a bank,
(h)(1)(iii) (iii) A separate account of an insurance company, other than a separa…
91 FR 16088 — Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Mar 31, 2026★ strong match
…methods to investigate the merits of the transaction.” (internal citation and quotations omitted)),
rev'd and remanded on other grounds,
577 U.S. 308 (2016);
PBGC ex rel. Saint Vincent Cath. Med. Ctrs. Ret. Plan
v.
Morgan Stanley Inv. Mgmt. Inc.,
712 F.3d 705, 716 (2d Cir. 2013) (focusing “on a fiduciary's conduct in a…