Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

North Highland ESOP Retirement Plan Breach of Fiduciary Duty Class Action

Retirement plans, like the North Highland Company Employee Stock Ownership and 401(k) Plan, rely on fiduciaries to take action to benefit them. But this class action alleges this plan’s fiduciaries undermined the plan in a number of ways, including using prohibited transactions, exceeding caps on executive pay, taking back corporate control, and improperly seizing the  Read more

Wells Fargo 401(k) Plan “Self-Dealing” Stock Purchase Class Action

This class action concerns a purchase of stock for the employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) portion of the Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan. The complaint alleges that the terms of the deal amount to self-dealing by the company and a breach of fiduciary duty, both in the price of the shares and the terms  Read more

WBBQ Employee Stock Ownership Plan Prohibited Transactions ERISA Class Action

This class action concerns a company retirement plan, the WBBQ Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) that owns stock in W BBQ Holdings, Inc. The complaint alleges that the ESOP trustee, Argent Trust Company, and the company’s controlling managers and shareholders, Herbert, Gregor, and Stuart Wetanson, have violated ERISA by engaging in prohibited transactions and breaching  Read more