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When ERISA’s Venue Rules Send Your Case Somewhere Else: Two District Courts Transfer ERISA Claims Away From the Plaintiff’s Chosen Forum

When ERISA’s Venue Rules Send Your Case Somewhere Else: Two District Courts Transfer ERISA Claims Away From the Plaintiff’s Chosen Forum

Two district courts issued ERISA venue rulings within a day of each other, and both moved the case out of the forum the plaintiff picked. In Andersen v. Medical Solutions,…

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Third Circuit Vacates Dismissal of Hospitals’ ERISA Underpayment Claims Under MRC-1 and MRC-2 Plans, Affirms Dismissal of R&C and Fiduciary-Duty Claims

In Hudson Hospital OPCO, LLC v. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, No. 24-2830, 2026 WL 2511311 (3d Cir. Aug. 26, 2026), three New Jersey hospitals—Christ Hospital, Bayonne Medical Center,…

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Eleventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Royal Caribbean, Holding ERISA Plaintiffs Need Not Always Provide “Apples-to-Apples” Comparator Evidence to Prove Objective Imprudence

In Johnson v. Russell Investment Management, LLC, No. 25-10692, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 2387006 (11th Cir. Aug. 17, 2026), a breach of fiduciary duty action under ERISA, the Eleventh…

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Ninth Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment for Pension Plan Fiduciaries, Directing Reassessment of Prudence Under Intel’s Prospective-Methods Standard

In Klawonn v. Board of Directors for the Motion Picture Industry Pension Plans, No. 25-2874, No. 25-3230, 2026 WL 2364541 (9th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026), Plaintiff, on behalf of the…

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Fourth Circuit Affirms Denial of Benefits and Rejects Fiduciary Claim Against Recordkeeper, But Holds Administrative Services Agreement Is a Disclosable Plan Document Under ERISA

In Kelly v. Altria Client Services, LLC, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 2293854 (4th Cir. Aug. 10, 2026), Plaintiff sought to liquidate his 401(k) account in Altria’s Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan…

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Ninth Circuit Holds ERISA Plan’s Representative-Action Waiver Unenforceable Under Effective-Vindication Doctrine, Affirming Denial of Motion to Compel Arbitration

In Pover v. Capital Group Companies, Inc., --- F.4th ----, No. 24-5298, 2026 WL 2196257 (9th Cir. July 30, 2026), Plaintiff sued her former employer, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.,…

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