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Eleventh Circuit Affirms Liability for Breach of Top Hat Plan Terms Where Lump-Sum Payouts Reduced Promised Lifetime Annuities

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Liability for Breach of Top Hat Plan Terms Where Lump-Sum Payouts Reduced Promised Lifetime Annuities

In Hoak v. Ledford, No. 24-12148, ---F.4th----, 2025 WL 2450919 (11th Cir. Aug. 26, 2025) (Before: Jordan and Newsom, Circuit Judges, and Honeywell, District Judge), the Eleventh Circuit addressed whether…

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Federal Circuit Rejects Pensioners’ Takings Challenge to MPRA Benefit Reductions

In King v. United States, No. 2023-1956, ---F.4th----, 2025 WL 2382871 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 18, 2025), the Federal Circuit confronted a challenge brought by a certified class of pensioners under…

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Sixth Circuit Finds Pension Fund Violated ERISA By Using Artificially Low Interest Rate to Inflate Withdrawal Liability

In Ace-Saginaw Paving Co. v. Operating Eng’rs Loc. 324 Pension Fund, No. 24-1288, ---F.4th----, 2025 WL 2238023 (6th Cir. Aug. 6, 2025), the Sixth Circuit upheld a ruling that a…

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Seventh Circuit Holds Employer’s Ambiguous-Sounding Letter Was Sufficient to Terminate Collective Bargaining Agreement Under ERISA Fund Rules

In Cent. States, Se. & Sw. Areas Pension Fund v. Univar Sols. USA Inc., No. 24-1348, ---F.4th----, 2025 WL 2166580 (7th Cir. July 31, 2025), a decision focused on contract interpretation…

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Second Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Against Employer Who Ignored Discovery and Failed to Pay Fringe Benefits

In Cement & Concrete Workers Dist. Council Welfare Fund v. Manny P. Concrete Co., No. 23-1030, ---F.4th----, 2025 WL 2025495 (2d Cir. July 21, 2025), the Second Circuit affirmed a…

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Second Circuit Holds New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (NYCPLR) Section 5205(c)(5) Is Preempted by ERISA’s Anti-alienation Provision

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided Off. Create Corp. v. Planet Ent., LLC, No. 24-1879, ---F.4th----, 2025 WL 1634970 (2d Cir. June 10, 2025). In this case, Petitioner…

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