Shearman & Sterling, The US Department of Labor's Final "Fiduciary" Rule Incorporates Concessions to Financial Services Industry but Still Poses Key Challenges, Client Publication (April 14, 2016) (noting the particular areas of potential concern with the Department of Labor's rule changing a broker-dealer duty from one of suitability to the stricter fiduciary standard when providing retirement advice).
Debevoise & Plimpton, DOL Catches Many in Expanded Fiduciary Net; Is Proposed Exemption an Escape Hatch or a Trap Door?, Client Update (April 21, 2015) (highlighting the proposed rule and the potentially far-reaching impact on the broker-dealer community as well as those that invest through broker-dealers).
