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19 May 2019
Your ERISA Watch – Ninth Circuit Holds that Same-Sex Domestic Partner Is Entitled to Joint-and-Survivor Pension Benefits
This week’s notable decision is a short and sweet read in the matter of Reed v. KRON/IBEW Local 45 Pension Plan, No. 17-17176, __F.App’x__, 2019 WL 2145652 (9th Cir. May 16, 2019), where the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s…
29 Apr 2019
Your ERISA Watch – Court Holds Employer Has No Affirmative Duty to Inform Participant of Change in Disability Insurers
There were several appellate court decisions this past week, but I want to highlight a district court case that presents a good lesson for employers and plan participants alike when it comes to changes to plan benefits. In Boyles, Jr.…
09 Apr 2019
Your ERISA Watch – Avoid Legal Malpractice: Know Your Client & Written Retainer Agreements
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision recently that should have ERISA attorneys thinking twice before they agree to do work for a client. In Cohen v. Jaffe Raitt Heuer And Weiss, P.C., No. 1395, __F.App’x__, 2019 WL 1504393…
24 Mar 2019
Your ERISA Watch – Fourth Circuit Affirms Multi-Million Judgment Against Trustee for Breach of Fiduciary Duty to Employee Stock Ownership Plan
This week’s notable decision is Brundle v. Wilmington Tr., N.A., No. 17-1873, __F.3d__, 2019 WL 1287632 (4th Cir. Mar. 21, 2019), as amended (Mar. 22, 2019), where the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s findings that the…
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