California employers know the holidays bring chilly nights (by California standards), holiday cheer, decked halls, and… ringing in the New Year with a host of new employment laws and compliance
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The Tide May Be Turning on Flood of ERISA Excessive Fee Class Actions
The contours of plaintiff pleading requirements for ERISA fiduciary breach claims sketched by the Supreme Court in Hughes v. Northwestern University continue to evolve. Recent cases suggest that plaintiffs may…
Continue Reading The Tide May Be Turning on Flood of ERISA Excessive Fee Class ActionsFAST Act Becomes Law in California, but Voter Referendum Filed in Response
On Sept. 5, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 257, the controversial Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act, also known as the “FAST Act” (the Act).
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Process Prevails in ERISA Excessive Fee Victories
California and North Carolina district courts have dismissed major class action challenges to AT&T and Lowe’s 401(k) plan recordkeeping fees based on extensive step-by-step documentation that the plan fiduciaries acted…
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