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Keeping up appearances

When it comes to selecting and retaining plan providers, what you have to do as a plan sponsor is t...

Make sure your plan is efficient

When you start fixing up the house and replacing appliances or items like the front door or the roo...

Not every attorney is an ERISA attorney

I am an attorney, but I don’t play one on TV. I have been practicing in the ERISA field for ov...

Coverage is a big deal

When you look at the problems of retirement plans, one that gets short shrift is coverage and that ...

They got sued, so what?

If your plan is with a very large plan provider, you may be contacted by a competing provider that ...

The common thread about bad 401(k) plans

I always say one of the beauties of retirement plans is not one is alike. They are like snowflakes ...

You don’t need an IPS, but….

A lawsuit against Goldman Sachs reiterated one point that most plan sponsors and their advisors for...

Prune those former employees

To avoid headaches, I just think it’s important to prune former employees from the list of partic...

The aggrieved former Participant and the quick score

As a plan fiduciary for hundreds of millions of dollars and with a lot of ERISA knowledge, I can se...

Retirement plans need to fit like a glove

Johnnie Cochran could have been an ERISA attorney. The man who claimed: “if it doesn’t fit, you...