Tag: Participant Lawsuits

The appellate court maintained that, under ERISA, a church plan must be established by a church, and Advocate Health Care Network's DB plan was not.

A retiree claims too many mailings sent to retirees and beneficiaries is incurring costs that affects what plans and plan participants pay.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation announced an agreement that restores two pension plans to The Renco Group Inc., a private investment holding company based in New York City.

The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had a direct (but not necessarily pivotal) role in shaping many of the SCOTUS decisions tracked in recent years by the...

A federal court has found that RJR proved a prudent fiduciary would have removed Nabisco stock from its 401(k) plan.

The lawsuit also questions Chevron's failure to use a stable value fund, collective trusts or separate accounts.

The lawsuit is filed as a class action on behalf of the Arthur J. Gallagher & Company 401(k) plan and all other similarly situated plans.

A federal judge found the agreement does dictate important aspects about the participant’s benefits under the 401(k) plan.

After seeing their pension risk transfer lawsuits dismissed in both district and circuit court, tens of thousands of former Verizon employees hope SCOTUS will have more sympathy. 

The International Association of Machinists National Pension Fund and its board of trustees are facing a lawsuit.

ERISA expert discusses the significant implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in Montanile v. Board of Trustees, especially as it pertains to enforcing liens on retirement or health...

A new 401(k)-related lawsuit emerging this week in a Colorado district court will undoubtedly sound familiar—perhaps painfully so—to retirement plan industry professionals. 

The Supreme Court returned Amgen’s ESOP case to the lower court for a second time.

The U.S. Labor Department filed a lawsuit against a Florida employer accused of imprudence in the valuation and sale of the company’s stock to its own employees. 

A former SunEdison employee is suing the company, a raft of its directors and State Street Bank for continuing to offer SunEdison stock in the retirement plan.

A recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court seems to limit the ability of ERISA plans to seek equitable relief or reimbursement of payments from a third-party recovery—especially...

Great-West, now doing business as Empower Retirement, is facing similar accusations to those leveled against Prudential at the end of last year.

The DOL has obtained judgment to distribute $1.3 million to participants in a Georgia 401(k) plan.