Fiduciary Duty, Interlocutory Appeals

Forfeiture Cases – Update

The Wagner Law Group on 8/21/2024

Last year, we alerted you to the filing of several class action lawsuits alleging that plan fiduciaries violated their duties of prudence and loyalty under Title I of ERISA by applying forfeitures to reduce employer...more

District Court Denies Interlocutory Appeal for Novel Issue of “Hardwired” 401(k) Plans

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 7/15/2021

A federal district court in Maryland recently declined to certify an interlocutory appeal to the Fourth Circuit on the issue of whether financial institutions can “hardwire” a preference for their own proprietary investment...more

Ninth Circuit Steps In-Line on Arbitrability of ERISA Claims

Carlton Fields on 10/10/2019

The Ninth Circuit, in back-to-back opinion and memorandum decisions in Dorman v. Charles Schwab Corp., overruled long-standing precedent that ERISA claims are not arbitrable. The plaintiff, a former Schwab employee, filed a...more

Ninth Circuit Answers Some Questions About Arbitration of ERISA Claims

McDermott Will & Emery on 8/29/2019

In two opinions—one published and one unpublished—the Ninth Circuit overturned prior precedent and held that a Plan amendment requiring arbitration meant that an individual had to arbitrate, on an individual basis, purported...more

Appellate Court Notes

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 5/7/2016

Supreme Court Advance Release Opinions: SC19493 - Standard Oil of Connecticut, Inc. v. Administrator, Unemployment Compensation Act - SC19493 Dissent - Standard Oil of Connecticut, Inc. v. Administrator,...more

Fiduciary Duty › Interlocutory Appeals

Forfeiture Cases – Update

District Court Denies Interlocutory Appeal for Novel Issue of “Hardwired” 401(k) Plans

Ninth Circuit Steps In-Line on Arbitrability of ERISA Claims

Ninth Circuit Answers Some Questions About Arbitration of ERISA Claims

Appellate Court Notes

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