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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…
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…
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…
District Court Upholds Unum’s Denial of LTD Benefits Highlighting Evidentiary Requirements in Subjective Symptom ERISA Claims
In Stickley v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 3:24-CV-05364-TMC, 2025 WL 1094346 (W.D. Wash. Apr. 10, 2025), Washington Western District Judge Tiffany M. Cartwright granted Unum's motion for judgment…
District Court Grants Summary Judgment to Lincoln National, Rejecting Church Plan Exemption in ERISA Disability Benefits Dispute
In Peterson v. Lincoln Nat’l Life Ins. Co., No. 4:23-CV-40097-MRG, 2025 WL 1000689 (D. Mass. Mar. 31, 2025), an action alleging state law claims to recover long-term disability benefits, Massachusetts…
Fifth Circuit Upholds MetLife’s Termination of Long-Term Disability Benefits
In Stout v. Smith Int’l, Inc., No. 24-30571, 2025 WL 1029503 (5th Cir. Apr. 7, 2025), a dispute involving a claimant's continued eligibility for long-term disability ("LTD") benefits under a…
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