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Benefits Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on employee benefits and executive compensation law. Coverage includes benefits-related litigation — including Employee Retirement Income Security Act suits and tax and compliance issues over executive compensation — as well as legislative and regulatory activity.
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Latest News in Benefits
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March 17, 2026
Chancery Tosses Weapons Co. Suit, Says Claims Belong In NC
A Delaware Chancery Court judge on Tuesday dismissed a weapons analytics company's suit seeking to force one of its founders to litigate a stock valuation dispute in Delaware, ruling that the claims belong in a parallel North Carolina action and stem from a different contract than the company asserted.
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March 17, 2026
Biden Admin's Definition Of ERISA Fiduciary Erased
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday vacated regulations from the U.S. Department of Labor that would have expanded the definition of an investment advice fiduciary under federal benefits law, changes that a collective of insurance groups said the federal agency didn't have the authority to make.
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March 17, 2026
Union Health Fund Wins $3.5M Debt Litigation Against Suit Co.
A Rochester, New York, suit manufacturer owes a union healthcare fund about $3.5 million, a New York federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the fund presented evidence that the manufacturer skipped out on over two years of payments.
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March 17, 2026
BlackRock, State Street Want GOP States' ESG Suit Pared
BlackRock and State Street have asked a Texas federal judge to significantly winnow antitrust claims from Republican state attorneys general accusing the asset managers of driving up coal prices, arguing that claims based on electricity buyers are too far removed from coal.
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March 17, 2026
No Accidental Death Benefits For Plane Crash, Insurer Says
The beneficiaries of two pilots who died in a 2024 plane crash are not entitled to accidental death and dismemberment benefits under an aviation company's life insurance plan, a Prudential unit said Tuesday, asking a Washington federal court to toss the beneficiaries' suit.
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