Retirement Advocacy Groups File Amicus Brief in SCOTUS’ Intel Case
The brief—submitted by AARP, the Pension Rights Center, and Better Markets—backs employees suing Intel over the handling of their retirement...
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Cigna Loses Bid to Stay ERISA Case
A federal judge in Pennsylvania said the case’s outcome does not hinge on the Supreme Court ruling in a separate...
Supreme Court Delays Intel 401(k) Hearing Until October
Intel workers are contesting the private equity investments within their 401(k) plan.
Supreme Court Hears Arguments to Determine How Multiemployer Plans Assess Withdrawal Liability
As employers push for a hard year-end cutoff in withdrawal liability calculations, court justices questioned why actuarial assumptions should be...
Supreme Court to Review Intel 401(k) Case
The case could reshape how easily workers can sue employers under ERISA.
California Judge Orders More Details on Prohibited Transaction Allegations
The federal judge wants the plaintiffs in the ERISA case to spell out their factual case before discovery begins.
Home Depot 401(k) Plan Lawsuit Ends 2 Days Before Supreme Court Review
Both sides in Jaime H. Pizarro et al. v. The Home Depot Inc. et al. requested the case be dismissed.
Supreme Court Seeks Input from Solicitor General in 401(k) Fees Case
Originally filed in 2021, the lawsuit alleges the company violated ERISA by retaining target-date funds that were high cost and...
Supreme Court Declines to Hear AT&T ERISA Case
The justices did not comment on the case, which centered on prohibited transactions under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act,...
Supreme Court Wants Solicitor General Opinion on Excessive Fee 401(k) Case
District and appellate courts have split opinions about whether the burden of proof in the excessive fee case falls on...
Groups Call On Supreme Court to Uphold Cornell University Decision to Stem Frivolous Lawsuits
The Supreme Court will hear a case to resolve a split among circuit courts on whether a plaintiff must argue...
Supreme Court to Review ERISA Prohibited Transactions
A case brought in 2016 against Cornell University will be reviewed for how strictly the courts should read ERISA on...
Judge Rules for Molina, flexPATH in ERISA Case
The District Court judge cited broad indexes as the appropriate benchmarks for plan TDFs in a ruling expected to be...
Student Loan Forgiveness Program Stopped By Supreme Court
Eligible borrowers will not receive up to $20,000 in student loan debt forgiveness from the federal government.
Latest Decision in Hughes v. Northwestern Opens Door to More ERISA Litigation
In reviewing a 2022 case remanded by the Supreme Court, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed two of the...
Supreme Court Won’t Consider CalSavers ERISA Preemption Lawsuit
The move by the high court stops an advocacy organization’s effort to halt the program, which provides workplace retirement savings...
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Legislative and Judicial Actions
The DOL denies general support for private equity; the Supreme Court sends ‘Northwestern’ back to the appeals court; the PBGC...
What the Supreme Court’s Northwestern Ruling Means in Practice
Expert ERISA attorneys say the new opinion in Hughes v. Northwestern University, while important, is far from earth-shattering when it...
Supreme Court Ruling Addresses ERISA Preemption
A recent decision filed by the U.S. Supreme Court has significant implications in the area of ERISA preemption of state laws and regulations, though the direct impact on...
Is the Tide of ERISA Litigation Turning?
One ERISA attorney who tends to represent plaintiffs says the future might hold fewer cases, thanks to certain key Supreme...