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Ninth Circuit Confirms Settlement Agreement with Pension Fund Was a Non-Assignable “Financial Accommodation”

Ninth Circuit Confirms Settlement Agreement with Pension Fund Was a Non-Assignable “Financial Accommodation”

In In re Svenhard’s Swedish Bakery, No. 23-60045, ---F.4th----, 2025 WL 2627837 (9th Cir. Sept. 12, 2025), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed whether a bankrupt employer could assume…

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Third Circuit Upholds PBGC Regulations on ARPA Pension Assistance and Confirms Contractual Withdrawal Liability Obligations

In In re Yellow Corporation, No. 25-1421, ---F.4th----, 2025 WL 2647752 (3rd Cir. 2025) (Before: Shwartz, Montgomery-Reeves, and Ambro, Circuit Judges), the Third Circuit addressed significant issues at the intersection…

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Ninth Circuit Rules That Factual Disputes Preclude Summary Judgment in Withdrawal Liability Case

In Pension Plan for Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers; et al. v. Plant, No. 24-1499, 2025 WL 2612765 (9th Cir. Sept. 10, 2025) (Before: Berzon, Friedland, and Mendoza, Circuit…

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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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