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Sixth Circuit: In ERISA Suit for Late Benefit Fund Contributions, Presence of a Live Contract Is Not Necessary for District Court’s Jurisdiction

Sixth Circuit: In ERISA Suit for Late Benefit Fund Contributions, Presence of a Live Contract Is Not Necessary for District Court’s Jurisdiction

In Operating Engineers’ Loc. 324 Fringe Benefit Funds v. Rieth-Riley Constr. Co., No. 21-1229, 2022 WL 3147929 (6th Cir. Aug. 8, 2022), Plaintiffs-Appellants are a group of employee benefit funds…

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Seventh Circuit: Independent Investment Fiduciary Shields ESOP Fiduciaries from Liability for Investment in Company Stock

Burke v. Boeing Co., No. 20-3389, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 3030835 (7th Cir. Aug. 1, 2022) involves a lawsuit that seeks to hold fiduciaries of the Boeing Voluntary Investment Plan (the…

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Eleventh Circuit: Under De Novo Review of an ERISA Benefit Decision, District Court Cannot Limit Review to the “Administrative Record”

In Harris v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Lincoln Life Assurance Company of Boston, No. 21-13186, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 3009199 (11th Cir. July 29, 2022), the Eleventh Circuit issued…

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Fourth Circuit: Company Manifested Intent to be Bound by CBA and Is Subject to Exit Contributions under ERISA

In Bd. of Trustees, Sheet Metal Workers’ Nat’l Pension Fund v. Four-C-Aire, Inc., No. 20-2181, __F.th__, 2022 WL 2963188 (4th Cir. July 27, 2022), the Board of Trustees for the…

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Ninth Circuit Holds ERISA Health Plan’s Self-Help Provision Is Enforceable

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided Mull v. Motion Picture Indus. Health Plan, No. 20-56315, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 2912475 (9th Cir. July 25, 2022). This matter involves a…

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First Circuit Construes Life Insurance Policy Ambiguities Against Reliance Standard and Affirms Over $1.1 Million Award to Widow

In Ministeri v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 21-1651, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 2914068 (1st Cir. July 25, 2022), following its sister circuits, the First Circuit Court of Appeals just…

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