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Fourth Circuit Reduces Damages Award in DOL Action Against ESOP Company Owner

Fourth Circuit Reduces Damages Award in DOL Action Against ESOP Company Owner

In Walsh v. Vinoskey, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 5764250 (4th Cir. Dec. 6, 2021), a matter brought by the Secretary of Labor alleging ERISA violations against fiduciaries of an employee stock…

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Second Circuit Holds Union Trustees Were Not Acting as Fiduciaries When They Passed Invalid Amendments to Multiemployer Plans

In Massaro v. Palladino, No. 20-1807, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 5570814 (2d Cir. Nov. 30, 2021), involving an “acrimonious dispute” between the Union and Employer Trustees of two employee benefit plans…

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Ninth Circuit Revives ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim for Company’s Misrepresentation of Lifetime Health Benefits

In Warmenhoven v. NetApp, Inc., No. 19-16960, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 4143107 (9th Cir. Sept. 13, 2021), Defendant-Appellee NetApp promised Plaintiff-Appellant Daniel Warmenhoven and other executives lifetime medical benefits under the…

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Seventh Circuit Holds ERISA Claims Are Arbitrable but Arbitration Provision Forbidding Plan-Wide Relief Is Unenforceable

In Smith v. Bd. of Directors of Triad Mfg., Inc., No. 20-2708, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 4129456 (7th Cir. Sept. 10, 2021), Plaintiff-Appellee James Smith sued the fiduciaries of the Triad’s…

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Fifth Circuit Reaffirms that Termination of ERISA Plan Is a Settlor Function, Not A Fiduciary Act

In Jackson v. AT&T Ret. Sav. Plan, No. 20-30255, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 3624751 (5th Cir. Aug. 16, 2021), pro se Plaintiff-Appellant, Samantha J. Jackson, appealed the dismissal of her ERISA…

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Second Circuit Revives Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims in Class Action Against New York University Retirement Plans

Sacerdote v. New York Univ., No. 18-2707-CV, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 3610355 (2d Cir. Aug. 16, 2021) involves a class action brought by participants in retirement plans administered by New York University…

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