Bruce Ashton

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  ERISA Gurus Reish, Campbell Urge DOL to Create 408(b)(2) ‘Corrections Program’

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  October 18, 2012

  Such a program would not let "bad actors" evade punishment, they said; rather it would provide a streamlined process with reduced penalties.

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  Former EBSA Head Campbell Joins Drinker Biddle & Reath

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 21, 2012

  Brad Campbell, former head of the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, has joined Drinker Biddle & Reath as counsel in the law firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice Group in Washington.

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  How to Write a Model Investment Advisory Agreement: CFDD 2011

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  October 18, 2011

  Bruce Ashton, ERISA attorney with Drinker Biddle, stressed to attendees at the Center for Due Diligence’s 2011 conference on Monday that while disclosures must be written, agreements don’t necessarily have to be.

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  Plan Sponsors: Don't Breach Fiduciary Duty in Excluding TPA's Proprietary Funds

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  August 31, 2011

  A white paper sponsored by Great-West argues in favor of including funds from a retirement plan's TPA affiliates; no conflict of interest

• Disclosure Time

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 1, 2008

  The Department of Labor's (DOL) recently proposed rule on 401(k) plan fee disclosure is being hailed by industry officials as a step in the right...

• Final 409A Regs Both Blessing and Curse

  By Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, AdvisorOne, Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, AdvisorOne  |  May 24, 2007

  Employers and benefit professionals who had been eagerly awaiting the IRS's recently released final regulations for its Code Section 409A, the section of the tax...