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  1. 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
    977) (“The attention of interested parties is directed to the fact that regulation 2550.408c-2 replaces Interpretive Bulletin 75-6”). Back to Citation 7.  41 FR 3289 (Jan. 22, 1976). Back to Citation 8.  43 FR 47713 (Oct. 17, 1978). Congress subsequently ratified Reorganization Plan No. 4 in 1984. See Sec. 1, Public La…
  2. 81 FR 47534 — Proposed Revision of Annual Information Return/Reports
    ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jul 21, 2016
    …Individual Annuity Mortality (I.A.M.) 3 UP-1984 4 1983 I.A.M 5 1983 G.A.M 6 1983 G.A.M. (solely per Rev. Rul. 95-28) 7 UP-1994 8 Mortality table applicable to current plan year under section 1.431(c)(6)-1 of the Income Tax Regulations 9 RP-2000 10 RP-2000 (with Blue Collar Adjustment) 11 Other A None 0 Code 6 includes …
  3. 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”). Back to Citation 276.   John Hancock, 510 U.S. at 98. Back to Citation 277.   Id. Back to Citation 278.   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…
  4. 85 FR 40589 — Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice: Notice of Court Vacatur
    ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 7, 2020related by meaning
    …5 note. Section 2510.3-38 is also issued under Pub. L. 105-72, Sec. 1(b), 111 Stat. 1457 (1997). 2. Revise § 2510.3-21 to read as follows: § 2510.3-21 (a)-(b) [Reserved] (c) Investment advice. (1) A person shall be deemed to be rendering “investment advice” to an employee benefit plan, within the meaning of section 3(2…
  5. 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, …
  6. 87 FR 71164 — Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program
    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)
  7. 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
    53.  FINRA Regulatory Notice 12-25, p. 3 (2012). Back to Citation 54.   Donovan v. Mazzola, 716 F.2d 1226, 1232 (9th Cir. 1983). Back to Citation 55.  One commenter requested an adjustment to the “prudence” component of the Best Interest standard, under which the standard would be that of a “prudent person serving cli…
  8. 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. Back to Citation 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…
  9. 81 FR 20946 — Definition of the Term “Fiduciary”; Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice
    ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016★ strong match
    …-1, Parts II-V; PTE 77-4; PTE 80-83; PTE 83-1: PTE 84-24; and PTE 86-128. Back to Citation 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. Back to Citation 55.
  10. 89 FR 43636 — Abandoned Plan Regulations
    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…
  11. 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. Back to Citation 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”). Back to Citation 30.   Id. Back to Citation 31.  81 FR 21002 (Apr.…
  12. 85 FR 81658 — Fiduciary Duties Regarding Proxy Voting and Shareholder Rights
    ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Dec 16, 2020★ strong match
    …n.2508281. Back to Citation 109.  David Yermack, Shareholder Voting and Corporate Governance, 2 Ann Rev. Fin. Econ. 2.1, 2.15 (2010); Frederick Alexander, The Benefit Stance: Responsible Ownership in The Twenty-First Century, 36 Oxford Rev. Econ Policy 341, 355 (2020); Robert G. Hansen and John R. Lott, Externalities a…
  13. 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…
  14. 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…
  15. 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…
  16. ERISA § 203(b) (29 U.S.C. § 1053) — Minimum vesting standards
    ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2025
    …ce before this part first applies to the plan if such service would have been disregarded under the rules of the plan with regard to breaks in service, as in effect on the applicable date; and
  17. 81 FR 21181 — Amendment to and Partial Revocation of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 86-128 for Securities Transactions Involving Employee Benefit Plans and Broker-De…
    ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016related by meaning
    36.  FINRA Regulatory Notice 12-25, p. 3 (2012). Back to Citation 37.   Donovan v. Mazzola, 716 F.2d 1226, 1232 (9th Cir. 1983). Back to Citation 38.  One commenter requested an adjustment to the “prudence” component of the Best Interest Standard, under which the standard would be that of a “prudent person serving cli…
  18. 76 FR 66136 — Investment Advice-Participants and Beneficiaries
    ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Oct 25, 2011related by meaning
    … 17, 1978), 5 U.S.C. App. 1, 92 Stat. 3790, the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to issue rulings under section 4975 of the Code has been transferred, with certain exceptions not here relevant, to the Secretary of Labor. Therefore, the references in this notice to specific sections of ERISA should be taken as…
  19. 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101(h) — Definition of “plan assets”—plan investments.
    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…
  20. 90 FR 28009 — Removal of Definition of “Plan Assets”-Insurance Company General Accounts
    ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 1, 2025related by meaning
    … 2550—RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY 1. The authority citation for part 2550 is revised to read as follows: Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1135, sec. 102, Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1978, 5 U.S.C. App. at 727 (2012) and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-2011, 77 FR 1088 (Jan. 9, 2012). Sections 2550.404a-2 a…