A lawsuit challenging a trade association’s retirement plan fee levels was wrongly certified as a class action despite Fourth ...
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled multiemployer pension plan actuaries can retroactively change assumptions underlying their withdrawal ...
In a May 19 opinion, U.S. District Judge Michael E. Semper granted a motion to dismiss claims brought by Maine resident ...
In Patterson v. UnitedHealth Grp., Inc., 161 F.4th 415 (6th Cir. 2025), the Sixth Circuit reinforced that ERISA broadly ...
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA, is turning 50 this year and lawmakers are curious to hear about how the law could be updated to increase coverage affordability and care access.
Who should decide whether retirement plans can include private investments like private equity, credit, hedge funds or direct ...
Vendor oversight and internal documentation are oft overlooked but key to mitigating risk, a Saul Ewing attorney told HR Dive ...
ERISA and health reform have not meshed well. The US Supreme Court has not helped. The Court decided two important ERISA cases last term and has another one, Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton, ...
Quick Read ERISA preemption means plan administrator pays the beneficiary form name; $620,000 to ex-wife despite divorce ...
Cox provides a lesson in the applicability of ERISA when benefit claims are turned down. “Generally, ERISA does not mandate what benefits employers must provide if they choose to have a plan,” the ...