Judge Stands By Determination That ERISA Governs Deferred Compensation Plans

( November 8, 2024, 3:56 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge has declined to alter or withdraw an Employee Retirement Income Security Act determination that financial services firm Morgan Stanley and related defendants said caused issues in derivative arbitrations; the unchanged November 2023 holding in the putative class action is that ERISA governs the compensation incentive and equity incentive plans at issue....