Compliance | January 8th, 2026 Federal Judge Invokes Rare Rule to Rein In ERISA Fee Lawsuits The ruling requires plaintiffs to meet a higher factual bar before discovery, using a Supreme Court ruling-inspired workaround to screen...
Compliance | January 8th, 2026 Plaintiffs Drop Home Depot Case Before Supreme Court Review The participants in the ERISA loss causation complaint chose to abandon the case just two days before the nation’s highest...
Compliance | October 28th, 2025 Plaintiffs in Long-Lasting Intel Complaint Appeal to Supreme Court The Supreme Court already ruled on a separate part of the case in 2020 and will have to decide whether...
Compliance | July 2nd, 2025 Supreme Court Asks for Solicitor General Input in Parker-Hannifin 401(k) Fees Case The case, originally filed in 2021, alleges the company violated ERISA by retaining target-date funds that were high cost and...
Compliance | July 2nd, 2025 Supreme Court to Hear Multiemployer Pension Plan Withdrawal Liabilities Case Justices will decide how much flexibility actuaries have when calculating how much companies must pay when withdrawing from a multiemployer...
Compliance | June 27th, 2025 Supreme Court Ruling on Nationwide Injunctions Leaves Fiduciary Rule Stays Intact The decision in a case about President Trump’s birthright citizenship order has wide implications but does not affect pending litigation...
Compliance | April 29th, 2025 Supreme Court Denies Hearing for AT&T ERISA Case The judges did not comment on the case, and the 9th Circuit’s remand to a California district court will stand.
Compliance | April 22nd, 2025 Will Supreme Court’s Cornell Decision Cause ‘Avalanche’ of Litigation? Industry experts worry that a new wave of ERISA lawsuits will follow the ruling that lowered the bar for plaintiffs...
Compliance | April 21st, 2025 Supreme Court Asks Solicitor General to Weigh In on Home Depot 401(k) Case District and appellate courts have split opinions on whether the burden of proof in the excessive fee case falls on...
Compliance | April 17th, 2025 Supreme Court Revives Cornell 403(b) Plan Lawsuit Cornell employees can once again challenge the university over claims of excessive recordkeeping fees in the school’s defined contribution plans.
Compliance | January 22nd, 2025 Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Cornell Pleading Standards Case The court considered split decisions made in lower courts to determine whether plaintiffs must argue more than a ‘prohibited transaction’...
Compliance | January 7th, 2025 Industry Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Decision to Prevent Frivolous Lawsuits The Supreme Court will hear a case against Cornell University to resolve a split among circuit courts on whether a...
Compliance | November 12th, 2024 Supreme Court Declines to Review Petition on ERISA Arbitration This is the fifth time since 2019 that the Supreme Court has refused to consider the issue.
Compliance | October 14th, 2024 Argent Trust Co. Petitions for Supreme Court to Provide Guidance on ERISA Arbitration The Supreme Court has previously declined to review appeals courts’ decisions that held arbitration provisions unenforceable.
Compliance | October 7th, 2024 Cornell 403(b) Transaction Complaint to Get SCOTUS Review The court will consider split decisions in lower courts over how strictly ERISA should be read when determining the case...
Compliance | July 3rd, 2024 Lawsuit Against NYC Pension Funds’ Divestment in Fossil Fuels Dismissed A New York State judge dismissed the complaint due to lack of standing and failure to demonstrate injury.
Benefits | March 22nd, 2024 Molina Healthcare Close to Win in ERISA Lawsuit A California federal judge’s ruling in an ERISA lawsuit against Molina Healthcare provides a window into this court’s thinking on...
Compliance | January 19th, 2024 26 State Attorneys General Appeal Biden ESG Rule Decision Republicans appeal to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, requesting it strike down the rule that permits environmental, social...
Compliance | October 16th, 2023 American Airlines Motion Argues ESG Funds Theory is “Wrong” The argument about ESG funds by former pilot Bryan Spence ‘runs headlong into the Supreme Court's instruction,’ according to the...
Benefits | July 6th, 2023 Supreme Court Ruling Leaves Student Loan Borrowers Looking for Help Workers with student loan debt may start to feel a pinch when payments resume in October. Plan sponsors have an...