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In the past decade, there have been many issues that have been the subject of dozens of lawsuits challenging employee benefits - retiree medical benefit challenges, pension plan calculation cases [...]

It has been a difficult time for everyone since Coronavirus disrupted life dramatically back in March 2020. Even so, with the New Year upon us there will still be the [...]

Summary The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit's recent ruling addresses various issues that could arise during a plan administrator's review of a participant's benefit claim and appeal [...]

Summary Since 2014, large church-controlled health systems that offer defined benefit pension plans have seen lawsuits filed as to whether such plans are eligible to qualify for the ERISA church-plan [...]

ERISA Section 502(a)(3) empowers plan fiduciaries to file suit 'to obtain ... appropriate equitable relief ... to enforce ... the terms of the plan.' In 1993, the Supreme Court of [...]

On December 16, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, which contains provisions that significantly reform ERISA Section 4062(e). The new law is meant [...]

On September 10, 2014, California's Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (California's sick leave law) became law. The new law requires most employers to allow employees to accrue up [...]

On September 16, 2014, the United States Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 2511, which would amend Section 4062(e) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), [...]

On July 8, 2014, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) issued a press release announcing a moratorium on its enforcement of Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974(ERISA) Section 4062(e) [...]

Delaware's Governor recently signed a 'ban the box' law to prohibit public employers[1] from inquiring into or considering the credit or criminal history of a job candidate during the initial [...]

On April 29th, 2014, the OFCCP hosted a 'Listening Session' to solicit comments from the government contractor community regarding suggested implementing regulations for Executive Order 13665 ('EO 13665') and a [...]

Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Act requires specified federal agencies and departments, including the Treasury Department, to ensure fair inclusion and utilization of minorities, women, and minority-owned and women-owned businesses [...]

On December 6, 2013, in Rochow v. Life Insurance Company of North America, 737 F.3d 415 (6th Cir. 2013), the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that an insurance [...]

Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, retirement plans generally come in two flavors - (i) retirement plans qualified under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) and [...]

Mayor Menino, who are you going to blame now? When 8-year-old Liquarry Jefferson was shot and killed by his 7-year-old cousin, Mayor Tom Menino went to their Dorchester home and [...]

This 4th of July, when you're celebrating your 4th-grader's government-given right to free condoms in the classroom, please - don't do it with a firecracker. They're illegal. Now that Rhode [...]

' `The problem is,' Obama said, `if we secure the border, then you all won't have any reason to support comprehensive immigration reform.' In other words, they're holding it hostage.' [...]

The Boston City Council passed its boycott of Arizona last night, and already one Bostonian has pledged not to go anywhere near the Grand Canyon State until they stop enforcing [...]

Here's another Obama sweetheart deal you won't see on C-SPAN. This morning, the fate of Boston's most infamous illegal immigrant, Zeituni Polly Onyango (also known as 'Aunt Zeituni') will be [...]