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Seventh Circuit Orders Pension Fund to Return Withdrawal Liability to Employer

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An employer can contest a withdrawal liability assessment and ultimately prevail. That is the moral of Bulk Transport Corp. v. Teamsters Union No. 142 Pension Fund, No. 23-1563 (7th Cir. Mar. 22, 2024). Withdrawal...more

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Building and Construction Industry Exemption to Withdrawal Liability May Apply Narrowly

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A recent decision from the Southern District of New York reveals that courts may be inclined in some withdrawal liability cases to narrowly apply the building and construction industry exemption based on the nature and...more

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Multiemployer Pension Plans: Potential Successor Liability From Buyer’s Attempts To Continue Seller’s Business

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The district court erred in finding a multiemployer pension plan did not show sufficient continuity of business operations to support imposing successor liability on an asset purchaser, the federal appeals court in Chicago...more

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The Ninth Circuit Hammers Out A New Successorship Liability Test Under The MPPAA

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The Ninth Circuit, in Resilient Floor Covering Pension Trust Fund Board of Trustees v. Michael’s Floor Covering, Inc., Case No. 12-17675 (9th Cir. Sept. 11, 2015), joined the Seventh Circuit in finding that an asset...more

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