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Committee approves measure requiring DOL agreements when sharing investigatory assistance with plaintiffs' attorneys
Summary
The House Education and Labor Committee advanced HR 2958, the Balance the Scales Act, directing the Department of Labor to enter written agreements and report annually to Congress when it provides certain assistance to private attorneys in ERISA matters.
The House Committee on Education and Labor voted to report HR 2958, known as the Balance the Scales Act, to the House after agreeing to an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Sponsor Representative Ruhle said the bill would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to require the Department of Labor to enter written agreements that define any “adverse assistance” the department gives to private attorneys in ERISA civil…
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