ERISA Arbitration, New Legal Theories To Be Tested In 2021

By Emily Brill · January 3, 2021, 12:02 PM EST

In 2021, courts stand poised to consider whether employers can kick benefit plan mismanagement suits to arbitration and whether two novel theories in class actions over retirement plans hold water. ...

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Case Information

Case Title

Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas, Petitioner, v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association

Case Number

18-540

Court

Supreme Court

Nature of Suit

4950 Constitutionality of State Statutes

Date Filed

October 24, 2018


Case Title

Herndon v. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. et al

Case Number

4:19-cv-00052

Court

Virginia Eastern

Nature of Suit

Labor: E.R.I.S.A.

Date Filed

May 20, 2019


Case Title

Harmon et al v Shell Oil Company

Case Number

3:20-cv-00021

Court

Texas Southern

Nature of Suit

Labor: E.R.I.S.A.

Date Filed

January 24, 2020


Case Title

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass'n, et al v. CA Secure Choice Retire. Svg., et al

Case Number

20-15591

Court

Appellate - 9th Circuit

Nature of Suit

3791 Employee Retirement

Date Filed

April 03, 2020


Case Title

BERKELHAMMER et al v. ADP TOTALSOURCE GROUP, INC. et al

Case Number

2:20-cv-05696

Court

New Jersey

Nature of Suit

Labor: E.R.I.S.A.

Date Filed

May 07, 2020


Case Title

Scott et al v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc. et al

Case Number

0:20-cv-01570

Court

Minnesota

Nature of Suit

Labor: E.R.I.S.A.

Date Filed

July 14, 2020


Case Title

James Smith v. Board of Directors of Triad Ma, et al

Case Number

20-2708

Court

Appellate - 7th Circuit

Nature of Suit

3791 Employee Retirement

Date Filed

September 09, 2020