Podcast: How 1,023-page DOL fiduciary rule flies in the face of Earth Day

Podcast: How 1,023-page DOL fiduciary rule flies in the face of Earth Day
Bradford Campbell, an ERISA attorney and former head of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, discusses how the Labor Department's new fiduciary rule flies in the face of the Earth Day celebration, due to thousands of pages of required disclosures and printouts of the regulation's text.
APR 21, 2016
Bradford Campbell, an ERISA attorney and former head of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, discusses how the Labor Department's new fiduciary rule flies in the face of the Earth Day celebration, due to thousands of pages of required disclosures and printouts of the regulation's text. (More: Coverage of the DOL rule from every angle)

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