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District Court Finds Reliance Standard Did Not Abuse Its Discretion in Applying 24-Month Mental Illness Limitation in Traumatic Brain Injury Claim

In Hall v. Reliance Standard Insurance Company, No. CV 23-20761 (ZNQ) (RLS), 2025 WL 1233203 (D.N.J. Apr. 29, 2025), on cross-motions for summary judgment, New Jersey District Judge Zahid N. Quirashi…

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Second Circuit Holds that Special Financial Assistance Program Does Not Per Se Exclude Multiemployer Pension Plans Previously Terminated by Mass Withdrawal

In Bd. of Trs. of Bakery Drivers Loc. 550 & Indus. Pension Fund v. Pension Benefit Guar. Corp., No. 23-7868, --F.4th----, 2025 WL 1226844 (2d Cir. Apr. 29, 2025), the…

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District Court Orders Guardian to Include Claimant’s K-1 Earnings in Calculation of Long-Term Disability Benefits

In Rappaport v. Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, No. 1:22-CV-08100 (JLR), 2025 WL 1156760 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 21, 2025), New York Southern District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon granted judgment in favor…

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Seventh Circuit Affirms District Court Decision Holding that Employers’ post-2014 Contribution Rate Increases Should be Excluded from Withdrawal Liability Obligations

In Cent. States, Se. & Sw. Areas Pension Fund v. Event Media Inc., No. 24-1739, 2025 WL 1185368 (7th Cir. Apr. 24, 2025), the Seventh Circuit addressed a statutory interpretation…

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Fifth Circuit Affirms Insured Substantially Complied with Life Insurance Policy’s Change-of-Beneficiary Requirements

In Morgan, et al. v. Barrera, et al., No. 21-20497, 2025 WL 1157549 (5th Cir. Apr. 21, 2025), a dispute over life insurance benefits under an ERISA-governed plan, the Fifth…

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U.S. Supreme Court Holds Unanimously that ERISA Plaintiffs Need Only Plausibly Allege Elements of Prohibited-Transaction Claim Without Addressing Affirmative Defenses

In Cunningham v. Cornell Univ., No. 23-1007, ---S.Ct.----, 2025 WL 1128943 (U.S. Apr. 17, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the pleading standards for claims under the Employee Retirement Income…

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