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The Changing Court View on Fiduciary Status

As a student of law and in practice over 15 years, I understand that litigation takes time and legal opinions also change over time. Over 160 years ago, the Supreme Court claimed an African American did not have the right … Continue reading →

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Plan Providers and Meaningless Statistics

The Southern California Institute of Law has a bar passage rate of 7%, which means 93% of their graduates failed. They sued the California Bar on free speech grounds because they didn’t want to be forced to state that 7% … Continue reading →

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You’re Thinking of Using Your Payroll Provider as Your 401(k) TPA and This is Why You Shouldn’t

My latest JDSupra.com article can be found here.

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The Plan Sponsor “Football”

When I was in college in the early 1990’s, I was heavily involved in student politics. I would go and buy things that made me look important even when I really wasn’t. I got the beeper that no one really … Continue reading →

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Complacency for a TPA is bad business

For me, one of the worst things that any business can have is a sense of a complacency; I have spent too many years working at places that were just way too complacent in their work, where so much time … Continue reading →

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Everyone has priorities, especially Plan Sponsors

Reminding me of that coffee scene in Airplane II, I worked at a place where we didn’t the greatest benefits and the raises were not the greatest. When it came to information, we were always on a need to know … Continue reading →

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There Is No Such Thing as Free 401(k) Administration

My latest JDSupra.com article can be found here.

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401(k) Study Group Blog Talk Radio

I was proud to appear as a guest on this great program for 401(k) financial advisors. Click here for the program.

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Form 5500 as the Eye in The Sky

“In Vegas, everybody’s gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses … Continue reading →

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TPAs and letting clients know what they do

I had the pleasure of speaking at a great, Great West Third Party Administrator (TPA) Council meeting in Colorado Springs. I already enjoyed giving my presentation because of the constant banter among TPAs on how to best handle marketing and … Continue reading →

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