Legal Opinion
Brotherston v. Putnam Investments
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 15, 2018No. 17-1711PPublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs John Brotherston and Joan Glancy are two former employees of Putnam Investments, LLC who participated in Putnam's defined-contribution 401(k) retirement plan (the "Plan"). They brought this lawsuit on behalf of a now-certified class of other participants in the Plan, and on behalf of the Plan itself pursuant to the civil enforcement provision of the Employee *23 Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"). See 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (a)(2). They claim that Putnam (as well as other Plan fiduciaries) breached fiduciary duties owed to Plan participants by offering…
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