25.02.2020 02.26 GMT+0000

Fiduciary litigation targets another large plan--but in some new ways.

Suit Against Shell Plan Drills for New Legal Claims

Suit Against Shell Plan Drills for New Legal Claims

Perhaps the most significant claim raised against Shell pertains to the claim that the Shell fiduciaries allowed Fidelity to use participant data to promote non-plan products and services.

A new lawsuit filed against the Shell Oil Company’s 401(k) plan raises several new challenges to fiduciary’s behavior. Most significantly, the suit assets that participant data is a plan asset and the use of such data by the plan recordkeeper to promote non-plan products generates several new fiduciary challenges.