The Issue before the Supreme Court
On June 10, 2019, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in a case from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals involving the statute of limitations applicable to claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). The outcome of this case has potentially important implications for employers maintaining 401(k) and other retirement plans with employee-directed investments.
The participant’s underlying claim in the case relates to whether the fiduciaries with oversight of the investments of two of Intel Corporation’s retirement plans breached their ERISA duties on the ground that the funds in which the participant invested his plan benefits included excessive amounts of hedge funds and private equity, and as such, violated ERISA’s prudence requirement. Continue reading “Supreme Court to Review What It Takes for a Plan Participant to Have Actual Knowledge of a 401(K) Plan’s Investments”