Ninth Circuit Bars Defensive Use of Equitable Estoppel When It Would Result in Contradiction of an ERISA Plan’s Express Terms
Ninth Circuit Bars Defensive Use of Equitable Estoppel When It Would Result in Contradiction of an ERISA Plan’s Express Terms
In Wong v. Flynn-Kerper, No. 19-56289, __F.3d__, 2021 WL 2307485 (9th Cir. June 7, 2021), the Ninth Circuit considered for the first time whether a defense of equitable estoppel is…
Second Circuit Finds Home Health Aides Lack Standing for ERISA Claims Based on Alleged Violation of New York Wage Parity Law
In Gonzalez De Fuente v. Preferred Home Care Of New York LLC, et al., No. 20-3985-CV, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 2308786 (2d Cir. June 7, 2021), Plaintiff-Appellants, certified home health aides…
Sixth Circuit Finds Dispute Between ERISA Fund Trustees Belongs in Arbitration
In Baker, et al. v. Iron Workers Local 25 Vacation Pay Fund, et al., No. 20-1946, __F.3d__, 2021 WL 2177666 (6th Cir. May 28, 2021), three trustees of an employee…
Third Circuit Enforces Equitable Disgorgement Remedy Against Former Employee Who Violated ERISA Plan’s Non-Compete Provision
When Plaintiff-Appellant Michael Wilson sued his former employer, Aerotek, Inc., for violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act and defamation, Aerotek counterclaimed under ERISA alleging that Wilson violated the…
Ninth Circuit Finds Rooker-Feldman Doctrine Does Not Bar ERISA and State Law Claims Related to QDRO and DRO Payout
Lundstrom v. Young, No. 20-55002, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 1561661 (9th Cir. Apr. 21, 2021) (Before: M. Smith and Ikuta, Circuit Judges, and Steele, District Judge). Plaintiff-Appellant Brian Lundstrom, ex-husband of…
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Breach of Fiduciary Duty Suit Against Fiduciaries of Edison International Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Yesterday, in Wilson v. Craver, No. 18-56139, __F.3d__, 2021 WL 1523253 (9th Cir. Apr. 19, 2021), the Ninth Circuit issued another decision in a matter involving the duty of prudence…
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