The April Monthly Minute showers readers with some eye-opening case law updates, ranging from a $38.8M jury verdict in a 401(k) fee case, to a pair of cases involving Elevance (f/k/a Anthem) health plan coverage exclusions....more
4/30/2025
/ 401k ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Class Action ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employment Litigation ,
ERISA Litigation ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Health Insurance ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Mental Health ,
Settlement
The March Monthly Minute brings you three recent case updates addressing 401(k) forfeiture utilization, TPA responsibility for recovering self-insured plan’s fraudulently paid claims, and continued PBM litigation in the wake...more
The January Monthly Minute highlights a recent Texas court decision holding ESG investing violated ERISA and a new development in the J&J prescription drug case that found plaintiff lacked standing to sue, and also digs into...more
1/29/2025
/ Beneficiaries ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Class Action ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Investment ,
Lost Earnings ,
Retirement Plan ,
Risk Management ,
Self-Correction Programs
The October Monthly Minute highlights two recent retirement plan cases, one in which the court sides with the plan and emphasizes plan administrative review over specific investment results and another where plaintiffs are...more
10/23/2024
/ 401k ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Breach of Duty ,
Class Action ,
Disclosure ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
ERISA Litigation ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Retirement Plan ,
Statutory Authority ,
Statutory Interpretation
The May Monthly Minute examines a recent Seventh Circuit decision upholding unambiguous plan language against class action attack, the status of the federal IDR process under the No Surprises Act, and the DOL’s recent...more
5/22/2023
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Class Action ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Eligibility ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Evidence of Insurability (EIF) ,
No Surprises Act (NSA) ,
Out of Network Provider ,
Provider Payments ,
Severance Agreements
The October Monthly Minute highlights a class action that hinges on deficient COBRA notices, the new 2023 benefit plan limits, and a case that held the benefit plan provisions in effect at the time of a claim denial control....more