MARTIN J. WALSH, Secretary of Labor, Petitioner-Appellee, v. ALIGHT SOLUTIONS LLC, Respondent-Appellant., 44 F.4th 716

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HOLDINGS: [1]-The district court properly granted the U.S. Department of Labor's petition to enforce an administrative subpoena because whether or not a company, which provided services for employers who sponsored healthcare and retirement plans, was a fiduciary did not affect the Department's investigatory authority under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C.S. § 1134(a)(1). Its authority hinged on the information requested and its relation to an ERISA violation; [2]-The company failed to show the district court abused its discretion in finding the administrative subpoena was not unduly burdensome because the company's estimates of the work required lacked detail; [3]-The district court did not abuse denying the company's request for a protective order because confidential information was protected from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.