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Eighth Circuit Holds Cumulative Headcount Method Governs “Substantially All” Inquiry Under MPPAA’s Building and Construction Industry Exemption, Affirming GE’s Exemption from Withdrawal Liability

Eighth Circuit Holds Cumulative Headcount Method Governs “Substantially All” Inquiry Under MPPAA’s Building and Construction Industry Exemption, Affirming GE’s Exemption from Withdrawal Liability

In General Electric Co. v. Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust, No. 25-1442, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 1466654 (8th Cir. May 26, 2026), the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the…

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Supreme Court Holds ERISA Permits Multiemployer Pension Plans to Use Actuarial Assumptions Adopted After the Measurement Date in Calculating Withdrawal Liability

In M & K Employee Solutions, LLC v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund, No. 23-1209, ___ S.Ct. ___, 2026 WL 1423319 (U.S. May 21, 2026), a unanimous decision…

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Second Circuit Holds That ERISA Plan’s REMIC Regular-Interest Certificates Represent Beneficial Interests in Trust and Are Equity Interests Under DOL Plan-Asset Regulation; Remands for Consideration of Mortgage Servicer’s Fiduciary Status

In Powell as Trustee of United Food & Commercial Workers Union & Employers Midwest Pension Fund v. Ocwen Financial Corporation, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 1084825 (2d Cir. Apr. 22,…

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Second Circuit Affirms Denial of Post-Judgment Accounting and Discovery in Long-Running CIGNA Pension Plan Class Action

In Amara v. CIGNA Corp., No. 24-2913, 2026 WL 1113470 (2d Cir. Apr. 24, 2026), the Second Circuit affirmed the District of Connecticut’s denial of class plaintiffs’ motion for an…

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Fourth Circuit Holds That Merrill Lynch’s WealthChoice Award Program Is an Excepted Bonus Payment Plan, Not an ERISA-Covered Employee Pension Benefit Plan

In Milligan v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., No. 25-1385, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 1041935 (4th Cir. Apr. 17, 2026), the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court's…

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Second Circuit Holds RMBS Trust Certificates—but Not Notes—Can Constitute ERISA Plan Assets

In Powell as Tr. of United Food & Com. Workers Union & Emps. Midwest Pension Fund v. Ocwen Fin. Corp., No. 23-999, ---F.4th----, 2026 WL 828159 (2d Cir. Mar. 26,…

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