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Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Merrill v. Briggs & Stratton Corp. Citation: 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 117677 In this class action lawsuit involving alleged violations of the Labor Management Relations…
This case involves a dispute regarding the management of employee 401(k) profit sharing retirement plans. An investment advisory firm was tasked with managing investments and overseeing the fund. Allegedly, the investment advisory firm failed to diversify the investments of the…
This case involves alleged breaches of fiduciary duty under ERISA for participants in 403(b) retirement plans. Plaintiffs claimed that the defendant plan sponsor failed to ensure that the plans retained prudent investment options and allowed the payment of unreasonable recordkeeping fees. Each…
This case is a class action suit against a bank that allegedly aided an investment scam. An investment firm ran advertisements offering investors a sizeable tax deal on a retirement plan. However, the shares the firm ultimately offered were for…
This case involves allegations against a large financial firm in relation to the management of its own retirement plan. It was alleged that the financial firm included imprudent investment options that caused plan participants to suffer significant losses. It was also alleged…
This international business case involves a private equity fund that acquired 100% of the shares of a portfolio company that produced copper and brass. The private equity fund had no offices or employees and was managed by its general partners. The…
This case involves allegations against a large financial and banking firm in relation to the management of several 401k plans. It was alleged that the defendant caused plan participants to pay excessive fees for administrative services that were not actually…
This case involves tens of thousands of retirees from a large company who were promised life-time life-insurance coverage through their employer in Mississippi. Despite these assurances, the company canceled this life insurance benefit for all retirees. Shortly before the cancellation…
This case involves a retirement plan sponsor who hired an adviser for the plan. The defendant worked for a small company, and had been an employee for over thirty-three years. Part of her job was to manage the retirement plan…