December 08, 2023
Appellate courts issued a bevy of important decisions applying federal benefits law in 2023, including a recent Second Circuit ruling in favor of Cornell University that deepened a circuit split and a Tenth Circuit finding that an Oklahoma law regulating pharmacy benefit managers was preempted. Here, Law360 looks back at five published circuit court decisions in ERISA litigation from the second half of 2023 that benefits lawyers should know.
August 04, 2023
The Ninth Circuit on Friday reversed AT&T's summary judgment win in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act certified class action alleging that the company mismanaged the 401(k) plans of more than 240,000 workers, splitting with other circuits on the interpretation of certain ERISA provisions and remanding the dispute to the district court.
October 17, 2022
The Ninth Circuit appeared open Monday to reopening a class action from AT&T workers alleging mismanagement of their 401(k) plan given evidence that certain fee disclosures from the company retirement plan didn't include millions in compensation between service providers.
October 04, 2022
In October, the Ninth Circuit will consider whether to revive a sweeping 401(k) mismanagement class action against AT&T, the Tenth Circuit will weigh an insurance claim for residential mental health treatment and chipmaker Nvidia will try to escape a 401(k) suit in California district court. Here's a look at those cases and other upcoming hearings benefits lawyers should keep an eye on.
May 11, 2022
Workers who claim AT&T burdened its $35 billion retirement plan with excessive fees told the Ninth Circuit that it should revive their 250,000-member class action, arguing that the telecommunications company failed to keep an eye on how much the plan's record-keeper was paid for its services.