Benefits

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

  • July 08, 2026

    Baxter Beats Stable Value Fund 401(k) Plan Suit, For Good

    Baxter International permanently defeated a proposed class action claiming the relatively low returns of the medical products company's employee retirement plan were evidence of mismanagement, after an Illinois federal judge ruled Tuesday the allegations only show the stable value fund in the plan "may not have been best in class — nothing more."

  • July 08, 2026

    DC Metro Accused Of Denying Benefits While Skirting ERISA

    The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority illegally denied benefits and is attempting to hide behind a carveout in federal benefits law for government pension plans to avoid accountability, two plan participants claimed in a lawsuit.

  • July 08, 2026

    PBMs Fight Bid To Add Pharmacy Group To Price-Fixing Suit

    Two pharmacy benefit managers have told a Michigan federal judge that a trade association for small pharmacies should not be allowed to intervene in a price-fixing lawsuit brought by the state's attorney general.

  • July 08, 2026

    Longtime Fed. Prosecutor Joins Sanford Heisler In San Diego

    Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP announced Wednesday a longtime federal prosecutor and former executive counsel at energy equipment company GE Vernova has joined the firm's San Diego office as a partner.

  • July 08, 2026

    Trump's Ex-Labor Secretary Talks New PAC, Legacy

    In her first interview since stepping down as secretary of labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer told Law360 about the political action committee she’s starting with President Donald Trump’s blessing and what she’s proudest of from her time running the U.S. Department of Labor.

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