ERISA plan sponsors, and employers more broadly, have been anxiously awaiting two rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court that they hope would clarify the ability to enforce class action waivers in arbitration agreements....more
6/12/2013
- Arbitration Agreements Class Action ERISA SCOTUS Waivers
Editor's Overview - The importance of clear and unambiguous plan language cannot be overstated. The Second Circuit recently applied this well-established principle to conclude that a plan's administrative claims process must...more
4/12/2013
- Benefit Plan Sponsors Claim Procedures ERISA Pensions
The Second Circuit ruled today in Parisi v. Goldman, Sachs & Co. that a plaintiff was required to arbitrate her Title VII claim even though it would effectively preclude her from pursuing a class claim in federal court or in...more
3/22/2013
- Arbitration Class Action Title VII
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently joined the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Seventh and Eleventh Circuits in concluding that Employee Retirement Income Security Act plan participants are not required...more
3/19/2013
Yesterday, the Second Circuit ruled on two important issues of note for ERISA plan sponsors and plan fiduciaries.
In Thurber v. Aetna Life Insurance Co., 2013 WL 950704 (2d Cir. Mar. 13, 2013), the Court ruled that...more
3/15/2013
