Ninth Circuit Finds California’s State-Managed Individual Retirement Account Program Is Not Preempted by ERISA
Ninth Circuit Finds California’s State-Managed Individual Retirement Account Program Is Not Preempted by ERISA
With the growing number of government-run auto-enrollment retirement savings programs, the Ninth Circuit decided “a novel and important question:” whether ERISA preempts the California law which creates CalSavers, a state-managed…
Second Circuit Finds Aetna Had Discretion to Decide Life Insurance Claim and Did Not Abuse Discretion Denying Accidental Death Benefits
In Tyll v. Stanley Black & Decker Life Ins. Program, Aetna Life Ins. Co., No. 20-1060, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 1748474 (2d Cir. May 4, 2021), a dispute under the Employee…
In Life Insurance Dispute, Tenth Circuit Declines to Adopt Blanket Duty of Investigation Rule for ERISA Claims Administrators
In Stachmus v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., No. 20-7019, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 1590006 (10th Cir. Apr. 23, 2021), Plaintiff-Appellant, Michael Erick Stachmus, sought to overturn the district court’s…
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…
Sixth Circuit Determines Retirement Healthcare Benefits Did Not Vest Under Collective Bargaining Agreements
In Michigan Educ. Ass’n Fam. Retired Staff Ass’n v. Michigan Educ. Ass’n, No. 20-1174, __F.3d__, 2021 WL 1546129 (6th Cir. Apr. 20, 2021), the Sixth Circuit considered whether retirement healthcare…
D.C. Circuit: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Has Discretion to Deny Pre-NOIT Lumpsum Distributions
Fisher v. Pension Benefit Guar. Corp., No. 20-7063, __F.3d__, 2021 WL 1538234 (D.C. Cir. Apr. 20, 2021) (Before Rogers and Katsas, Circuit Judges, and Sentelle, Senior Circuit Judge). Appellant Joseph…
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