Legal

The Trump administration may take action this week to delay the fiduciary rule, but other possibilities make the future complicated to predict. Here's what we're hearing.

The audacity of Labor's Perez and Borzi in championing a fiduciary rule leaves a legacy, but whether it will be a destructive one or a positive one depends on whom you're talking to.

Labor released a proposed class exemption that would qualify IMOs as financial institutions under the rules Best Interest Contract Exemption. But there's a catch and it's called 'cash reserves.'

The top 5 largest class-action lawsuit settlements in 2016 were dominated by so-called church plan cases involving pensions, but a 401(k) excessive fee case made the list, too. Here are the top five settlements in dollars.

Student loan service Navient cheated borrowers, the Consumer Financial Board alleged in announcing its lawsuit against the largest student loan servicer.

According to benefits attorney Fred Reisch: 'Insurance companies can market their group variable annuity contracts to 401(k) plans without concern of fiduciary status.'