Russell Hirschhorn

On April 14, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2026-01 (FAB) which sets out four enforcement priorities and guiding principles that are...more On March 30, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a much-anticipated proposed regulation (“Proposed Rule”) that would facilitate the inclusion of alternative assets within designative investment alternatives...more In a ruling that upends conventional thinking on the standards for class certification of claims brought under ERISA section 502(a)(2), the Fourth Circuit overturned class certification of a lawsuit challenging the selection...more As has been discussed and written about extensively, the U.S. Supreme Court lowered the pleading standard for claims alleging violations of ERISA’s prohibited transaction rules. Cunningham v. Cornell University, 604 U.S. 693...more