Eric Romano, et al v. John Hancock Life Insurance Company (USA)

  1. November 21, 2024

    11th Circ. Asked To Rethink $100M Credit For John Hancock

    The Eleventh Circuit should reverse its decision allowing John Hancock Life Insurance Co. to keep $100 million in foreign tax credits that rightfully belong to the company's investors, trustees of a retirement plan said in arguing that the court overlooked a key U.S. Treasury regulation.

  2. October 31, 2024

    11th Circ. Nixes ERISA Claim To John Hancock's $100M Credit

    John Hancock Life Insurance Co. had no fiduciary duty to pass on to retirement plans $100 million in foreign tax credits that it had taken from taxes paid on foreign investments, a three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit said in upholding a lower court ruling.