July 11, 2024
The Third Circuit upheld a lower court's nix of an arbitration award of more than $427,000 against a painting company over a union pension fund's withdrawal liability claims, determining Thursday that the fund waited too long to request payment under federal benefits law.
March 02, 2023
A New Jersey federal judge tossed an arbitration award of more than $427,000 against a painting company over allegations that it owed withdrawal liability payments to a union's pension fund, saying an arbitrator improperly relied on an assumption about dates and didn't follow precedent.
July 11, 2022
A New Jersey federal judge on Monday denied a painting company's motion to stay withdrawal liability payments to a pension fund as it litigates a dispute over how much is owed, saying the company didn't present adequate evidence to grant the injunction.
June 23, 2022
A union pension fund pursuing over $400,000 in payments from a paint company that stopped contributing to the fund asked a New York federal judge to reject the business's request to be excused from making payments for a set period, saying federal law compels the payments to resume now.
December 20, 2021
A union pension fund urged a New Jersey federal court on Monday to deny a painting company's request for sanctions, which accused the fund's counsel of delaying litigation to obtain more withdrawal liability payments, saying the company's accusation is based on "fantastical speculation."
November 30, 2021
The attorneys representing a paint company in a pension dispute are seeking sanctions against a pension fund and a Philadelphia-based law firm for filing a "wildly frivolous and wholly improper motion to dismiss" on behalf of the pension fund.