# Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary: Notice of Court Vacatur
> **Employee Benefits Security Administration** · Final rule; technical amendment. · Published 2026-03-20 · Effective 2026-04-20 · 91 FR 13503
## Document
- **Document number:** 2026-05492
- **Category:** retirement-erisa
- **Sub-agency:** Employee Benefits Security Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 91 FR 13503
- **CFR reference:** 29 CFR 2510
- **Publication date:** 2026-03-20
- **Effective date:** 2026-04-20
## Abstract

This document implements the judicial vacatur of the Department's 2024 final rule defining who is a "fiduciary" under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This document also reflects the judicial vacatur of the Department's 2024 amendments to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 (PTE 2020-02) and the judicial vacatur of portions of the preamble to PTE 2020-02; and republishes in full the operative text of PTE 2020-02 (as originally published on December 18, 2020).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/20/2026-05492/retirement-security-rule-definition-of-an-investment-advice-fiduciary-notice-of-court-vacatur)
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