Your 401(k) Fees Are Attracting More Attention—From Lawyers
Class actions over high costs, bad investments, and “revenue sharing” aren’t just filed against big retirement plans any more.
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Here’s a term you really don’t want used to describe your 401(k): “One of the most expensive plans in America.”
That’s what law firm Nichols Kaster calls the $1.3 billion retirement plan at the center of a proposed class action against Fujitsu Technology and Business of America Inc. In a lawsuit filed last week in San Jose federal court, the attorneys alleged a cornucopia of fiduciary breaches tied to excessive fees, record keeping, and the components of the company's target-date funds. The case, and several like it in the past year, may be harbingers of a new cycle of 401(k)-gone-bad litigation, this time targeting ever-smaller retirement plans.