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Seventh Circuit Affirms Central States’ Authority to Expel a Single Bargaining Unit and Holds Withdrawal-Date Counterclaim Must Be Arbitrated

In Penske Truck Leasing, L.P. v. Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, No. 25-1738, No. 25-1872, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 1502200 (7th Cir. May 29, 2026), the…

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Eighth Circuit Upholds AD&D Denial, Holding Home Dialysis Treatment Contributed to Insured’s Death Within the Plan’s Illness-Treatment Exclusion

In Kleinsteuber v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 1502873 (8th Cir. May 29, 2026), the Eighth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”),…

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When a Life Insurance Policy Falls Outside ERISA: Texas District Court Applies the Sole-Owner Exception and Resolves Beneficiary Dispute Under State Law

In Principal Life Insurance Co. v. Jones, No. 3:25-cv-00221, 2026 WL 1480286 (S.D. Tex. May 27, 2026), Magistrate Judge Andrew M. Edison recommended that summary judgment be granted to the…

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When an ERISA Judgment Becomes Uncollectable: Fourth Circuit Holds That Voluntary Dismissal of Alleged Alter Ego Forecloses Later Suit to Pierce Corporate Veil

In Messer v. Garrison Investment Group, LP, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 1465139 (4th Cir. May 26, 2026), the Fourth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a class action in which…

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Eleventh Circuit Holds ERISA’s “Actuarial Equivalent” Requirement Mandates Reasonable Actuarial Assumptions, Joining Sixth Circuit

In Drummond v. Southern Company Services, Inc., No. 24-12773, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 1465861 (11th Cir. May 26, 2026), a putative class action brought by two vested participants in…

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Eighth Circuit Holds Cumulative Headcount Method Governs “Substantially All” Inquiry Under MPPAA’s Building and Construction Industry Exemption, Affirming GE’s Exemption from Withdrawal Liability

In General Electric Co. v. Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust, No. 25-1442, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 1466654 (8th Cir. May 26, 2026), the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the…

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