7th Circuit Upholds Ruling For DOL In Subpoena Row Involving ERISA

Mealey's (August 15, 2022, 10:55 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The investigatory authority of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act “hinges on the information requested and its relation to an actual or potential ERISA violation,” a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 12, upholding enforcement of an administrative subpoena issued against an entity that argued that it is not a fiduciary....