Supreme Court Decision May Increase Litigation Risk for Retirement Plan Sponsors

In a unanimous opinion issued April 17 in Cunningham v. Cornell University, the U.S. Supreme Court held that plaintiffs alleging a prohibited transaction under ERISA can proceed to discovery by merely stating that a plan hired a service provider, without first having to show that a statutory exemption does not apply.

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