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Lawsuit against DOL fiduciary rule hopes history repeats in Texas

DOL fiduciary rule lawsuit

A group representing independent insurance agents says the regulation places an undue burden on them.

Opponents of a Labor Department investment advice regulation that went into force this week hope history will repeat itself in Texas, where they’re trying to strike it down. The Federation of Americans for Consumer Choice filed a lawsuit in a Dallas federal court Wednesday challenging the fiduciar

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