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...
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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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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...
SEC’s Punitive Authority Tested by Latest SCOTUS Ruling
A nearly unanimous Supreme Court has seemingly set new limits on the punitive authorities of the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
Plaintiffs’ Attorneys: Leaving Pension Policing Solely to DOL Won’t Work
Part of the Supreme Court’s reasoning in affirming two lower court rulings in Thole v. U.S. Bank is the fact that the Department of Labor polices pension plan...
Supreme Court’s Thole v. U.S. Bank Ruling Has Constitutional Implications
Normally the Supreme Court strives to structure its rulings with the narrowest possible scope and implications, but that is not always the case.
Split Supreme Court Rules in Thole v. U.S. Bank; Major Implications for Pensions
The case is expected to help determine whether the millions of Americans whose pensions are held in defined benefit plans have the right to sue the fiduciaries of...
Thole v. U.S. Bank Among Cases Still on Supreme Court Docket
Like many of us lucky enough to still be working during the pandemic, the Supreme Court is operating on a remote basis as the justices contemplate a case...
Questions Left Unanswered in Supreme Court’s Intel Ruling
ERISA attorneys are grappling with the potential implications of the Supreme Court’s new ruling in Intel vs. Sulyma; some are speculating the growing use of electronic delivery methods...
The Case That Almost Demolished the Retirement Plan Regulatory System
Expert ERISA attorneys have been eagerly awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision in a case called Kisor v. Wilkie. The complicated ruling issued Wednesday is the most significant of the...