D.C. Circuit Panel Affirms Fiduciary Duty Claims Fall Short Under Dudenhoeffer

Mealey's (January 5, 2017, 12:36 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 30 affirmed a District of Columbia federal judge’s ruling rejecting allegations that the fiduciary of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) breached its duty by failing to prevent participants from purchasing or holding “doomed” stock, finding that the claims fall far short under the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer (Donna Marie Coburn, et al. v. Evercore Trust Company N.A., No. 16-7029, D.C. Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 23396)....