Valparaiso University Law Review Volume 46 Number 2 Winter 2012 pp.529-556 Winter 2012 A Power Struggle of Mythic Proportion: In the World of ERISA are Retirement Plan Administrators the Real Gods of Olympus? Nathan R. Ross Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/vulr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Nathan R. Ross, A Power Struggle of Mythic Proportion: In the World of ERISA are Retirement Plan Administrators the Real Gods of Olympus?, 46 Val. U. L. Rev. 529 (2012). Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/vulr/vol46/iss2/7 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Valparaiso University Law School at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Valparaiso University Law Review by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at
[email protected]. Ross: A Power Struggle of Mythic Proportion: In the World of ERISA are A POWER STRUGGLE OF MYTHIC PROPORTION: IN THE WORLD OF ERISA, ARE RETIREMENT PLAN ADMINISTRATORS THE REAL GODS OF OLYMPUS? Nathan R. Ross∗ “Shall we all wield the power of kings? We cán not, and many masters are no good at all. Let there be one commander, one authority . .”1 I. INTRODUCTION A. How This Divine War Affects Mortals Here sits a middle-aged woman, recently divorced from her spouse of thirty-five years and without professional experience or any marketable skills for the modern workplace.2 She spent those thirty-five years raising a family and maintaining a home while her husband worked.