When is a fiduciary breach not a fiduciary breach? When the complaining retiree-participants do not have standing because they have not missed receiving a defined benefit pension plan payment, according to Justice Kavanaugh writing for the majority opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court in James J. Thole et al. v. U.S. Bank NA et al.,
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“Actual” Actually Means “Actual” When It Comes To Knowledge Say Supremes
By Scott E. Galbreath, J.D., LL.M (Tax) on
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On February 26, 2020, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that a participant could not be considered to have “actual knowledge” of the employer’s conduct alleged to be a breach of fiduciary duty when such conduct was disclosed in email and Web site disclosures when the participant can’t remember actually receiving or reading the…