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Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary: Notice of Court Vacatur
The Employee Benefits Security Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on March 20, 2026. It took effect on April 20, 2026.
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What the agency says
This document implements the judicial vacatur of the Department's 2024 final rule defining who is a "fiduciary" under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This document also reflects the judicial vacatur of the Department's 2024 amendments to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 (PTE 2020-02) and the judicial vacatur of portions of the preamble to PTE 2020-02; and republishes in full the operative text of PTE 2020-02 (as originally published on December 18, 2020).
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-05492
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; technical amendment
- Agency
- Labor Department; Employee Benefits Security Administration
- Published
- March 20, 2026
- Takes effect
- April 20, 2026
- Dates
- Effective April 20, 2026.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1210-AC36
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 29 CFR 2510
- Topics
- Employee benefit plans; Pensions
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 8
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