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Ninth Circuit Clarifies Scope of MPPAA Entertainment Industry Exception

Ninth Circuit Clarifies Scope of MPPAA Entertainment Industry Exception

In Nevada Resort Ass’n-Int’l All. of Theatrical Stage Emps. & Moving Picture Mach. Operators of the US & Canada Loc. 720 Pension Tr. v. JB Viva Vegas, LP, No. 24-2791,…

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Ninth Circuit Holds Asbestos Abatement Contractors Qualify for MPPAA “Building and Construction Industry” Withdrawal Liability Exception

In Walker Specialty Construction, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of the Construction Industry and Laborers Joint Pension Trust for Southern Nevada, et al., No. 24-1560, ---F.4th----, 2026 WL 21743 (9th…

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Fourth Circuit Confirms Discretion in QDRO Cost Allocation and Declines ERISA Penalties

In Gasper v. EIDP, Inc., No. 24-1959, ---F.4th----, 2025 WL 3510832 (4th Cir. Dec. 8, 2025), the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment finding that the ERISA plan administrator…

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Third Circuit Affirms that Pension Fund Acted Arbitrarily in Suspending Retiree’s Benefits

In Rombach, III v. Plumbers Local Union No. 27 Pension Fund, No. 24-2482, 2025 WL 3110791 (3d Cir. Nov. 6, 2025), the Third Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment that…

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Third Circuit Rejects ERISA “Equitable Relief” Claim Duplicative of Benefit Claim and Affirms Denial of Pension Appeal

In Carr v. Jefferson Defined Benefit Plan, et al., No. 24-2574, 2025 WL 2888014 (3d Cir. Oct. 10, 2025), a non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the…

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Seventh Circuit Holds Pension Fund Need Not Adjust Payment Schedule for Asset Sales Under ERISA’s “Safe Harbor” Provision

In Supervalu, Inc. v. United Food and Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Midwest Pension Fund, No. 24-2486, ---F.4th----, 2025 WL 2860665 (7th Cir. Oct. 9, 2025), the Seventh Circuit held…

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