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• ASPA, “The Settlement of the First Union Cases,” April 4, 2001.
• Pensions & Investments, “First Union hires Mercer in class-action settlement,” April 2, 2001.
• The Wall Street Journal, “First Union Reaches Tentative Settlement Of Two Class Actions,” March 23, 2001.
• Investment News, “First Union’s latest deal haunted by mergers past; Suits question bank’s roll-up of some funds,” June 18, 2001.
• The Washington Post, “Gambling With Your Retirement Plan,” June 6, 2000.
• CFO Magazine, “Defending Your 401(k),” April 2000.
• Plan Sponsor, “First Union’s Hard Lesson,” April 2000.
• Charlotte Observer, “Employers watching retirement fund case,” February 23, 2000.
• The Associated Press State & Local Wire, “Bank had OK to merge 401(k)s, judge says,” February 18, 2000.
• Financial Planning Interactive, “On Thin Ice,” January 1, 2000.
• Pensions & Investment, “401(k) Precedent? First Union Suit May Help Define Responsibility,” September 20, 1999.
• Morning Star, “Experts say 401(k) lawsuit may rattle bank industry,” September 10, 1999.
• The American Banker, “In Brief: 1st Union Workers Suing Over 401(k),” September 9, 1999.
• Charlotte Observer, “First Union 401(k) suit may ripple; Other companies will be watching outcome on employee investment options,” September 9, 1999.
• The Baltimore Sun, “First Union employees sue over 401(k) plans; Suit alleges managers charged higher fees, got ‘monopolistic profits’,” September 8, 1999.
• CBS MarketWatch, “Mutual Understanding: First Union facing 401(k) suit,” September 8, 1999.
• Florida Times-Union, “18 employees sue First Union; Allegations surround 401(k) investments,” September 8, 1999.
• Richmond Times Dispatch, “Suit says plan favors the bank; First Union workers challenge 401(k) fund,” September 8, 1999.
• The New York Times,”Ex-Employees Sue First Union Over Costs of 401(k) Plan,” September 8, 1999.
• The Wall Street Journal, “Eighteen Former, Current Employees Sue First Union Over 401(k) Assets,” September 8, 1999.
• The Washington Post, “First Union Workers File Suit Over 401(k),” September 8, 1999.
• USA Today, “First Union accused of gouging employees,” September 8, 1999.
• Kiplinger’s, “The Case of the 401(k) Sellout,” September 1999.
• Plan Sponsor, “Proprietary Problems,” July-August 1999.
• CFO Magazine, “When Pensions Change Hands,” August 1999.
• Treasury & Risk Management, July 1999.
• The New York Times, “First Union Is Sued Over 401(k) Switch,” May 6, 1999.
• The Wall Street Journal, “Bank Workers Sue First Union For 401(k) Shift,” May 6, 1999,
• Pensions & Investments, “Legal Fallout: Signet Outcome Could Change How Retirement Plans Are Run; $150 Million, Fees Demanded From First Union,” May 17, 1999.