The Department of Labor (“DOL”) just increased civil monetary penalty amounts that may be assessed for violations of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
The new penalties apply to DOL assessments made on or after August 2, 2016, for violations occurring after November 2, 2015.
Here are some of…
Are you seeing more ERISA Plaintiffs asserting claims seeking penalties for delayed production of ERISA-related documents?
29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(1) allows the Court to impose penalties of up to $110 per day for delays in producing documents requested in writing.
But are those written requests for ERISA documents sufficiently detailed to create a risk of penalties?…
