A settlement term—and plaintiffs’ attorney fees—in a proprietary fund suit may be undermined by the Labor Department’s recent comments on cryptocurrency—more specifically, concerns about what those comments mean for the role of self-directed brokerage accounts. In January, T. Rowe Price settled a suit based on the firm offering only proprietary...
The Biden Department of Labor (DOL) has published a series of pronouncements—revised regulations on ESG, a “Supplemental Statement” on private equity, a Compliance Assistance Release on “Cryptocurrencies,” and a request for information on “Climate-Related Financial Risk”—all raising or “clarifying” the ERISA fiduciary prudence issues with respect to specific investments that...
