On Thursday, April 17, a unanimous Supreme Court held that a less demanding pleading standard is applicable when plaintiffs bring an Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) class ...

Hiring 3(38) investment managers can reduce employers’ exposure to claims tied to investment performance, but they still need ...

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide ...

In the world of ERISA litigation, process often trumps perfection. That was the story in Waldner v. Natixis, where a federal judge dismissed claims that Natixis and its plan committee acted disloyally ...

Plaintiffs allege that GWA’s 401(k) strategy was extremely risky and egregious, and its retirement plan was 100% invested in its own hedge fund strategies. A federal judge in Connecticut approved a $7 ...

An analysis of tobacco surcharge litigation under wellness programs governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), highlighting challenges to the surcharges’ legality by ...

An examination of recent litigation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) challenging allegedly excessive fees paid by ERISA health plan sponsors (in their fiduciary ...

Three former Morgan Stanley financial advisers are suing the Labor Department over its ERISA advisory opinion, which they ...

As health plan sponsors prepare for 2026 open enrollment, they face familiar concerns of rising claims trends and labor costs, while also confronting new ERISA litigation risks tied to pharmacy ...

Three financial advisors claim that the DOL violated its own internal procedures to issue an advisory opinion resolving a key ...

ERISA court rulings have been inconsistent on the same fiduciary issues. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily ...