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Department of Labor Secretary Acosta Announces Partial Implementation of the Fiduciary Rule

By Alisha Sullivan on May 25, 2017 Posted in Fiduciary Duties, Pension Benefits

On May 22, 2017, Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Alexander Acosta announced in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that the DOL will not issue another delay of the “fiduciary rule,” set to become generally effective on June 9, 2017. Secretary Acosta stated on Monday evening that “[w]e have carefully considered the record in … Continue Reading

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