The U.S. Solicitor General has recommended the Supreme Court not review RJR Pension Investment Committee v. Richard Tatum.
Last December, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court and ruled in favor of participants in the R.J. Reynolds defined contribution plan, who alleged that company fiduciaries prematurely liquidated company stock.
The original claim in the so-called “reverse stock drop” case originated from R.J. Reynolds’s decision to divest its holdings in Nabisco stock, the company that formerly owned RJR, in 1999, after R.J. Reynolds was spun off from Nabisco.
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Nick Thornton
Nick Thornton is a financial writer covering retirement and health care issues for BenefitsPRO and ALM Media. He greatly enjoys learning from the vast minds in the legal, academic, advisory and money management communities when covering the retirement space. He's also written on international marketing trends, financial institution risk management, defense and energy issues, the restaurant industry in New York City, surfing, cigars, rum, travel, and fishing. When not writing, he's pushing into some land or water.
