According to claims filed by tens of thousands of service members, Duel-ended Combat Arms Earplugs issued to protect their hearing on the battlefield failed miserably. 3M manufactured the earplugs and exclusively provided them to the U.S. Armed Forces from 2006 to 2015. In 2016, a whistleblower lawsuit alleged 3M knowingly failed to meet military standards...
While the Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule may be dead in the water, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Best Interest Regulation, known as Reg BI, is moving full speed ahead for implementation June 30. Reg BI is the successor to the Fiduciary Rule introduced by the Department of Labor in 2015, following a call from...