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Missed the ERISA Disability Claim Deadline? Court Lets Fiduciary Duty Claim Against Standard Proceed

Missed the ERISA Disability Claim Deadline? Court Lets Fiduciary Duty Claim Against Standard Proceed

In Ramos v. Standard Insurance Company, No. 26-cv-01477, 2026 WL 3320290 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 3, 2026), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a former…

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Does an ERISA Remand Revive the “Fiduciary Exception”? Federal Court Orders Disability Insurer to Log Attorney Communications About a Remanded Claim

In Collier v. Lincoln Life Assurance Company of Boston, No. 8:20-cv-00839-JVS-KESx, 2026 WL 3126569 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 5, 2026), a federal magistrate judge confronted a question that arises whenever an…

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En Banc Eleventh Circuit Holds That ERISA Does Not Require Administrative Exhaustion of Statutory Claims, Including Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims, and Overrules Four Decades of Circuit Precedent

In Bolton v. Inland Fresh Seafood Corp. of America, Inc., No. 24-10084, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 3056461 (11th Cir. Oct. 13, 2026), sitting en banc, the Eleventh Circuit overruled…

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When Dependent Life Coverage Ends at Divorce: Court Dismisses ERISA Benefits and Fiduciary-Breach Claims Despite an Employer’s Admitted Mistake

In Wright v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company, No. 3:25-CV-297-CHB, 2026 WL 2925146 (W.D. Ky. Sept. 29, 2026), a Kentucky federal court granted motions to dismiss both the ERISA…

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Fifth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Holding Company Owner a Functional ERISA Fiduciary Personally Liable for Diverted Employee Contributions and Unpaid Health Claims

In Sonderling v. Sills, No. 26-30272, 2026 WL 3001434 (5th Cir. Oct. 6, 2026) (Before: Davis, Stewart, and Duncan, Circuit Judges), the Acting Secretary of Labor sued Kelly Sills, president…

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ERISA Surcharge Against an Employer-Fiduciary: New Mexico District Court Lets a Lapsed Group Life Insurance Claim Proceed

In Vigil v. Taos Ski Valley, Inc., No. 1:25-cv-01323-KWR-JFR, 2026 WL 2883448 (D.N.M. Sept. 25, 2026), United States District Judge Kea W. Riggs denied an employer's motion for judgment on…

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