Bank Should Have Allowed Employees to Transfer Shares Out of ESOP

In Bryant v. Community Bankshares, Inc., 17-15360 (11th. Cir., unpublished June 12, 2018) an appeals court ruled that plaintiffs were correct in alleging that the trustees of the Community Bankshares ESOP breached their fiduciary duty when they failed to follow the participants’ instructions to diversify shares, as the plan and the law provided they could do.