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Saying it’s always been done that way is a cop out

My experience at law school could probably be summed up by one event. For first-year law s...

It just doesn’t look right

I am always against conflict of interest, going back to the day pre-fee disclosure when pr...

Make sure you get what’s promised

People can promise you the moon, but they may deliver far less. That is why despite the pr...

The problem of the de-conversion process

Years ago, I was the Executive Editor of my law school’s news magazine. In one of my fin...

Lighten up Francis, it’s just an opinion

My most famous and most read articles has been the series of articles concerning my opinio...

DOL is “plotting” a new fiduciary rule

When a government agency is plotting, they have to do it in public and it’s just a matte...

MEPs are more expensive according to a study

The intention of multiple employer plans is that for the small plan market, their fees sho...

JP Morgan ponies up $9 million

A settlement has been in a lawsuit accusing fiduciaries of the JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savin...

Participants raid their retirement accounts

I had said that one of the problems with the coronavirus and the CARES Act is that partici...

DOL Finalizes Electronic Notice Safe Harbor

The Department of Labor (DOL) has finally issued final regulations providing a new “noti...