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Eleventh Circuit Affirms Allstate Retirees Are Not Entitled to Lifetime Vesting in Life Insurance

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Allstate Retirees Are Not Entitled to Lifetime Vesting in Life Insurance

Yesterday, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Klaas v. Allstate Ins. Co., No. 20-14104, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 6124337 (11th Cir. Dec. 28, 2021). This matter involves…

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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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