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Seventh Circuit Holds That ERISA Does Not Pre-empt Illinois Slayer Statute

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• In Laborers' Pension Fund v. Miscevic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the Illinois slayer statute is one state statute that is not pre-empted by ERISA. A slayer statute is a law that prevents an...more

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Seventh Circuit Holds that ERISA does not Preempt State “Slayer Statute”

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We turn once again to the sad and difficult task that plan administrators face when distributing the benefits of a participant who has been murdered by his or her designated beneficiary. Sad for obvious reasons. Difficult...more

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Avoiding Beneficiary Befuddlement

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Retirement plans are complicated creatures to administer so it perhaps is not surprising that the process of determining the beneficiary of a deceased participant can present its own set of challenges and, if things go awry,...more

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