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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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Tenth Circuit Dismisses ERISA Appeal as Non-Final Where District Court Remanded Benefits Determination to Plan Administrator

In Kirsten W. v. California Physicians’ Service, No. 25-4029, 2026 WL 1433128 (10th Cir. May 21, 2026), the Tenth Circuit dismissed an appeal from an ERISA mental-health benefits dispute, concluding…

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Supreme Court Holds ERISA Permits Multiemployer Pension Plans to Use Actuarial Assumptions Adopted After the Measurement Date in Calculating Withdrawal Liability

In M & K Employee Solutions, LLC v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund, No. 23-1209, ___ S.Ct. ___, 2026 WL 1423319 (U.S. May 21, 2026), a unanimous decision…

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