NYU retirement fund managers cleared in employees' ERISA suit

NYU employees, represented by Jerry Schlichter, claimed fund managers failed their fiduciary duties, but the judge disagreed.

By Colby Hamilton | August 02, 2018 at 08:35 AM

brought by employees failed to uphold their fiduciary duties class action Schlichter Bogard & Denton suit Tibble v. Edison DLA Piper BenefitsPRO related reading: Top 10 ERISA class-action settlements in 2017 Plaintiffs use reputation risk in 401(k) lawsuits against money managers 5 high stakes 401(k) class action lawsuits

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B. Colby Hamilton is a litigation reporter for the New York Law Journal and Law.com.

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