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Court Rules Pension Plan Members Not Entitled to Indexing

by Mark Newton | Heenan Blaikie LLP on 2/27/2013

In a decision released this month, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled that members of the Saskatchewan public service pension plan are not entitled to indexed pension benefits, beyond what was already provided for in...more

Quebec Court of Appeal Refuses to Authorize Pension Class Action

by Julien Ranger | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 2/12/2013

The recent Quebec Court of Appeal decision in Rousselet v. Corporation de l’École polytechnique confirmed some useful legal principles in its analysis...more

The First Circuit Court of Appeals Articulates a Stricter Independence Standard for Fund Directors When Evaluating Demand...

by Linda Goldstein, Galia Porat | Dechert LLP on 1/23/2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in Unión de Empleados de Muelles de Puerto Rico PRSSA Welfare Plan, v. UBS Financial Services Inc. of Puerto Rico, No. 11-1605, --- F.3d ----, 2013 WL 49818 (1st Cir. Jan. 4,...more

Be Careful How You Word Your Claims Procedure

by Angela Bohmann | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Employee... on 12/26/2012

In a recent decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, a retiree who had begun work as a union employee and who during his employment was promoted to a salaried position, sued his...more

Municipal Pensions II: Do Survivors' Pensions Increase Whenever the Salary For the Position Does?

by Kirk Jenkins | Sedgwick LLP on 12/15/2012

Our previews of the new civil cases granted review at the end of the Illinois Supreme Court’s November term continue with Hooker v. Retirement Fund of the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago,. Hooker poses the...more

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Court Rules Pension Plan Members Not Entitled to Indexing

Quebec Court of Appeal Refuses to Authorize Pension Class Action

The First Circuit Court of Appeals Articulates a Stricter Independence Standard for Fund Directors When Evaluating Demand...

Be Careful How You Word Your Claims Procedure

Municipal Pensions II: Do Survivors' Pensions Increase Whenever the Salary For the Position Does?

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