Labor Department sends fiduciary rule update to OMB

The Labor Department has sent its latest version of the fiduciary rule update to the Office of Management and Budget for a final review.

Once it’s approved by the OMB, the updated rule, which aligns with the Securities and Exchange Commissions Regulation Best Interest, would be released by the Labor Department and published in the Federal Register.

The approval and release of the updated rule may be moot, however, since the timing of its review and publication makes easy nullification possible by the incoming Biden Administration.

If theres not a second term of the Trump administration, its quite likely that the DOL fiduciary rule, as the Trump administration envisions, is a dead letter, Brad Campbell, the former head of the Labor Departments Employee Benefits Security Administration, told participants in a recent webcast conducted by Faegre Drinker, where he is a partner.

Campbell said the update would had to have been filed by last Friday, Nov. 20, to avoid the issue.

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