Multiple employer plans (MEPs) have become larger targets for litigation when they achieve a plan of substantial size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An employee of Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company, LLC, an employer that participated in the Coca-Cola Bottlers\u2019 Association 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, a multiple employer plan has sued the Coca-Cola Bottlers\u2019 Association (CCBA), a Georgia corporation headquartered in Atlanta, whose members consist of all 65 U.S. independent bottlers of Coca-Cola. The MEP covers about 19,000 participants, and had nearly $800 million in assets spread across 24 investment options, including a Coca-Cola Common Stock Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The complaint for the lawsuit alleges that the Plan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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