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 ...

Welcome to Goodwin’s ERISA Litigation Update. Litigation involving ERISA-governed benefits plans has exploded in recent years. Lawyers in our award-winning ERISA Litigation practice have extensive ...

In a case that found no damages, but that ERISA Section 502(g)(1) provides a court with discretion to “allow a reasonable attorney’s fee and costs of action to either party,” the plaintiff’s attorneys ...

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

Fiduciary liability insurance is necessary as private equity enters the 401(k) conversation. Here is what plan sponsors must know.

Multi-practice firms are hemorrhaging high-value opportunities to specialty boutiques every day. Not because they lack ...

Melvin CornfieldNovember 2, 2024Cornfield, a graduate of the College, specialized in tax law. He served as tax director at NBC and later at its parent company, and in the later part of his career led ...

For example, in litigation over the image-generating AI product Stable ... While developers may advance non-copying theories at trial, their principal defense to direct infringement claims is that use ...

The settlement will cover more than 6,000 current and former participants of the Hess Corp. Employees’ Savings Plan.

The call for a fresh look at a unique ERISA rule applied by the Eleventh Circuit intensified this week, when seafood company ...

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP received the most Tier 1 national rankings, with 43 national rankings, and second-most metropolitan Tier 1 rankings, with 294 metro rankings, in the 2026 Best ...

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