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Morgan Stanley had gone to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to fight a lower court's finding that its deferred ...
Nalco Co. LLC on Thursday prevailed in its Eleventh Circuit appeal arguing that an arbitrator wrongly awarded a former ...
AT&T Inc. was unable to escape most of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims from a proposed class of retirement ...
As we pass the halfway point of 2025, it’s clear this year has been particularly eventful for plan sponsors. From the continued rollout of SECURE 2.0, heightened scrutiny around retirement readiness, ...
The Supreme Court will hear a case against the IAM National Pension Fund, which could affect most of the nation’s 1,400 ...
With clear plan terms, coordinated procedures, and timely legal advice, employers can better fulfill their obligations under ...
Noting that “…the Secretary has an interest in effectuating ERISA’s express purpose of ‘establishing standards of conduct, responsibility, and obligation for fiduciaries of employee benefit plans,’” ...
Pensions were at the heart of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) when it was enacted in 1974, ensuring ...
Reliance Standard faced heat over SSDI cuts and fiduciary lapses. The court's ruling could reshape how insurers manage group ...
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.
ERISA: The federal law that changed retirement planning celebrates its 50th anniversary Millions of Americans invest for retirement in 401(k) plans and other programs.
While ERISA does not preclude application of ESG criteria, employers that want to apply ESG criteria will need to ensure that such application complies with ERISA's fiduciary duties.