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• March 16, 2026

  PBGC Keen On Dishing Out Opinion Letters, Director Says

  The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. has revamped its website to encourage attorneys to seek opinion letters about how the Employee Retirement Income Security Act applies to specific scenarios. PBGC Director Janet Dhillon spoke to Law360 about that effort, the PBGC's latest financial report to Congress and her goals for the agency.

• March 16, 2026

  1st Circ. Affirms Block Of Trump's 'Unprecedented' Aid Freeze

  The First Circuit on Monday mostly upheld a lower court's order blocking the Trump administration from enacting a "sweeping and unprecedented categorical 'freeze' of federal financial assistance," ruling that the states involved in the suit will likely successfully show that the federal government acted arbitrarily and capriciously.

• March 16, 2026

  Boeing Investors Secure Class Cert. In 737 Max Fraud Suit

  An Illinois federal judge on Monday granted class certification to investors who allege Boeing harmed them by misrepresenting the safety of its 737 Max aircraft, finding that the investors established a common method for measuring damages that could apply class-wide.

• March 16, 2026

  Trump Taps Vance For Fraud Task Force, Bashing Blue States

  President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order creating a task force chaired by Vice President JD Vance that aims to curb "fraud, waste and abuse" in federal housing, food and other benefit programs, with the president alleging "staggering fraud and waste" in Minnesota and other Democratic-led states.

• March 16, 2026

  Alight, Former Execs Accused Of Misleading Growth Claims

  Employee benefits solutions company Alight Inc. and its former executives were hit with a proposed class action Monday accusing them of making misleading claims about the company's ability to meet its financial forecast and issue a dividend.

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