Intel Asks Justices to Hear Spat Over Private Equity in 401(k)

Intel Corp. asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case by employees challenging the alternative investments, including hedge funds and private equity, in their 401(k) plan.

The case would allow the court to resolve a circuit split on the deadline for filing lawsuits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Intel said in its Feb. 26 petition for review.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in reviving the case against Intel, held the clock on ERISA’s three-year limitations period didn’t start running until the plan participant had actual, rather than constructive, knowledge of the alleged...