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Second Circuit Weighs in Against ERISA Arbitration

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Recently, the Second Circuit became the latest circuit refusing to enforce individual arbitration of an ERISA class action, joining the Third, Seventh, and Tenth Circuits. The Ninth Circuit, by contrast, has held that class...more

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Correcting Retirement Plan Overpayments: Relief and Restrictions From SECURE 2.0

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The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, which was signed into law on December 29, 2022, includes numerous provisions impacting retirement savings plans, which are collectively referred to as SECURE 2.0. SECURE 2.0...more

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Delaware Court of Chancery Applies Entire Fairness Review in Novel SPAC Lawsuit

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A year ago, as the SPAC wave continued to build, we wrote that lawsuits challenging de-SPAC transactions would likely pose a question that had thus far received little attention from courts or commentators: is a de-SPAC...more

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Eighth Circuit Questions Whether Cross-Plan Offsetting Violates ERISA in Recent Decision Holding that the Underlying Plan...

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On January 15, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit considered whether certain plan documents allowed UnitedHealth Group Inc. and affiliates (“United”) to engage in a practice known as “cross-plan...more

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Eighth Circuit Rejects Cross-Plan Offsetting

A recent Eighth Circuit decision regarding “cross-plan offsetting” serves as an important reminder of how ERISA’s fiduciary duties impact both employers and fiduciaries who handle claims. The case involved the common...more

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Eighth Circuit Rules that Cross-Plan Offsetting of Payments Is Unreasonable

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On January 15, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an order affirming a lower court’s ruling that UnitedHealth’s interpretation of ERISA plan documents to authorize cross-plan offsetting was...more

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Further ESOP Transaction Guidance Set Forth in Latest DOL Settlement Agreement

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On the heels of a recent settlement agreement with an institutional employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) trustee, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and individual trustee James F. Joyner III (Joyner) entered into a...more

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The Financial Choice Act: Implications for the U.S. Securities Legal Framework

On September 13, 2016, the House Financial Services Committee of the United States House of Representatives (the “FSC”) formally released H.R. 5983, the “Financial CHOICE Act” (the “CHOICE Act”). While the CHOICE Act has...more

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Pension Consultant Found Not to be an ERISA Fiduciary

The Tenth Circuit held that a pension plan consultant, who misstated the amount of monthly pension payments that a pension plan participant would receive in retirement, was not a fiduciary under ERISA. Plaintiffs Trent...more

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The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - February 2013

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In This Issue: - Editor's Overview - View from Proskauer: Are Your Conversations Privileged under ERISA? - Rulings, Filings, and Settlements of Interest ...more

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