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Latest News in Benefits

  • March 26, 2026

    Ex-Flooring CEO Loses Fee Fight In Chancery

    The Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday ruled against former flooring executive Brian Carson in his bid to force his former company to cover his legal fees, finding he was not entitled to advancement under the governing LLC agreement.

  • March 26, 2026

    Hand Sanitizer Co. Board, Execs Can't Slip ESOP Fight

    Executives and former board members at a hand sanitizer company must face a lawsuit claiming they helped facilitate an employee stock ownership plan's $398 million purchase of overvalued company stock, with an Illinois federal judge ruling that workers adequately alleged the executives had neglected their responsibilities.

  • March 26, 2026

    DOJ Says NY-Presbyterian Blocked Lower-Cost Health Plans

    New York-Presbyterian Hospital is forcing major health insurers to contract with it on an "all-or-nothing" basis, which is driving up healthcare costs in New York City and violates federal antitrust law, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday. 

  • March 26, 2026

    2nd Circ. Reopens Mortgage-Backed Securities ERISA Suit

    The Second Circuit on Thursday revived a federal benefits lawsuit against Wells Fargo and Ocwen accusing the companies of mishandling home loans tied to a union pension fund's investments, overturning a lower court ruling that handed the bank and loan servicing companies a pretrial win in the proposed class action.

  • March 26, 2026

    Ex-Deloitte Workers Can't Undo Charge Revival, 4th Circ. Says

    The full Fourth Circuit has declined to reconsider its late February decision to revive most of the charges against two ex-Deloitte workers accused of stealing the company's trade secrets, after the workers insisted the unfavorable ruling bucked circuit and U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

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