Kansas Federal Judge Grants DOL Summary Judgment In Fiduciary Rule Lawsuit

(March 6, 2017, 12:51 PM EST) -- TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas federal judge on Feb. 17 granted the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit challenging the DOL’s new fiduciary rule, saying that a plaintiff insurance agency failed to prove violations of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) as a matter of law (Market Synergy Group Inc. v. United States Department of Labor, et al., No. 16-cv-4083, D. Kan., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23155)....