September 06, 2024
The Ninth Circuit will weigh two cases involving whether class claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act can be forced into solo arbitration, and the Second Circuit will hear Yale University workers' bid to revive their retirement plan mismanagement suit. Here are four upcoming oral argument sessions that benefits attorneys should have on their radar.
August 09, 2024
The Eleventh Circuit's recent ruling backing Home Depot's defeat of a suit from workers who showed their 401(k) plan was mismanaged, but couldn't tie those lapses to financial losses, adds to a growing circuit split that attorneys say warrants guidance from the U.S. Supreme Court.
June 27, 2024
Yale University told the Second Circuit a group of workers can't be granted a new jury trial in their suit claiming their $5.5 billion retirement plan was loaded with high fees, stating high court precedent says they're ineligible for a jury trial under the relief they're seeking.
March 08, 2024
Yale University told the Second Circuit there's no need to scrap a jury verdict denying damages for a group of employees who claimed their $5.5 billion retirement plan was burdened with high recordkeeping fees, arguing that no error was made on jury instructions to warrant a redo.
December 15, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor told the Second Circuit that it should give a new trial to Yale University employees who accused the school of saddling its $5.5 billion retirement plan with high costs, arguing deficient jury instructions let the company avoid responsibility for violating federal benefits law.