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Rule2026-05492

Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary: Notice of Court Vacatur

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Published
March 20, 2026
Effective
April 20, 2026

Issuing agencies

Labor DepartmentEmployee Benefits Security Administration

Abstract

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).

Indexed from Federal Register on March 20, 2026.

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