The Department of Labor filed a motionFriday, June 17 requesting that the three lawsuits pending in theU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas challengingDOL’s fiduciary rule be consolidated;the plaintiffs agreed to consolidation in a June 20 response, butinsisted that each of the cases be allowed to “retain theirseparate identities” and move forward “expeditiously.”
DOL stated in its Friday motion that consolidation is appropriatebecause all three actions “challenge the same agency rulemaking andpresent substantially the same legal issues,” and that suchconsolidation would avoid duplicative proceedings.
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