Legal

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced three new cases against companies in which it alleges participants in retirement plans were being harmed.

The ERISA Industry Committee has taken issue with the PBGC's proposal to apply loading factors to premiums of at-risk plans.

Prudential Financial has lost its appeal to shed greater government oversight, after regulators made a final decision that the insurer is one of a group of financial companies so big that they could threaten the financial system if they were to fail.

The Plan Sponsor Council of America, ERISA Industry Committee and U.S. Chamber of Commerce have asked the Department of Labor to clarify some of its proposals relating to fee disclosures in participant-directed individual account plans.

The federal governments Thrift Savings Plan will begin recognizing same-sex marriages with regard to spousal benefits.

Oklahoma lawmakers plan to launch a legislative study into proposed changes to the state's pension systems.