Defined Contribution

The Labor Department has filed a motion to pause two federal court cases challenging the Retirement Security Rule, which was finalized last April and had been set to go into effect last September, but has been beset by lawsuits.

Forfeiture cases are no longer nuisance lawsuits, as top law firm Schlichter Bogard, which has been representing many plaintiffs in recent 401(k) excessive fee lawsuits, is representing the telecommunications company’s participant-plaintiffs.

The lawsuit, like many 401(k) lawsuits filed by employees over the last year, challenged HP’s decision to use “forfeitures” to reduce employer contributions rather than to pay administrative costs.

The Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 is the latest attempt to pass CIT legislation, however, this time the Investment Company Institute and the Insured Retirement Institute are getting behind the effort.

A group of 17 Republican state attorneys general are demanding answers from top asset managers, who they say are misleading investors and retirement plan fiduciaries by omitting “essential disclosures for funds that include Chinese investments,” according to the AG letter.

The Senate’s new bill would allow 403(b)s to include CITs as part of their investment menu options, and now the Investment Company Institute is getting behind the effort to boost retirement savings for nurses, educators, and other nonprofit workers.