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Second Circuit Revives ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims After Finding Pension Plan Participant Has Article III Standing

In Cudjoe v. Building Industry Electrical Contractors Association, et al., No. 24-921, 2025 WL 655580 (2d Cir. Feb. 28, 2025), a case alleging fiduciary misconduct involving the mismanagement of benefit…

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In Life Insurance Dispute, District Court Dismisses ERISA Claims Against Insurer and Allows Fiduciary Breach Claim Against Employer

In Butler v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., et al., No. 0:23-CV-3144 (KMM/DJF), 2025 WL 580892 (D. Minn. Feb. 21, 2025), Minnesota District Judge Katherine Menendez granted Defendant Hartford…

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Ninth Circuit Upholds Determination that State Law Claims for Disability Insurance Benefits Are Preempted by ERISA

In Steigleman v. Symetra Life Insurance Company, No. 23-4082, 2025 WL 602175 (9th Cir. Feb. 25, 2025), the Ninth Circuit delved into the complexities of ERISA preemption and the criteria…

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District Court Dismisses ERISA Claims, Highlights Plaintiff’s Failure to Allege Entitlement to Prejudgment Interest, Tax Withholdings, Penalties or Equitable Relief

In Metaxas v. Gateway Bank F.S.B, et al., No. 20-CV-01184-EMC, 2025 WL 550749 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 19, 2025), California Northern District Judge Edward M. Chen granted Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss…

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Seventh Circuit Upholds Hartford Life’s Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits to Systems Engineer with Cardiac Condition

In Slaughter v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 24-2163, 2025 WL 546909 (7th Cir. Feb. 19, 2025), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Hartford Life & Accident…

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Second Circuit Awards Lump Sum Pension Benefits to Former NBA Referee Terminated for Violating COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

In Mauer v. Pension Comm. of the Nat’l Basketball Ass’n Referees’ Pension Plan, et al., No. 24-1405-CV, 2025 WL 559107 (2d Cir. Feb. 20, 2025), the Second Circuit Court of…

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