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Latest News in Benefits

  • November 26, 2025

    Health Plans Defend Renewed Biogen MS Drug Scheme Suit

    Health plans claiming Biogen Inc. illegally stifled competition for its multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera have said an Illinois federal judge should let their latest complaint proceed to discovery because it fixes earlier pleading deficiencies and better outlines the drugmaker's allegedly anticompetitive scheme.

  • November 26, 2025

    Benefit Funds Claim Drilling Co. Missed $20K In Contributions

    A utility drilling company failed to keep up on its contribution bills owed to its employee benefits plans, resulting in a $20,000 funding shortfall, according to a suit filed by a group of benefit funds and labor associations in Colorado federal court.

  • November 26, 2025

    Ex-Amarin CEO Loses Suit Over Ouster After Proxy Fight

    A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday tossed a lawsuit against Amarin Pharmaceuticals Inc. from its former CEO over his removal, finding that the allegations did not amount to "good cause" under Swiss law and that no qualifying "change of control" occurred to trigger severance benefits.

  • November 26, 2025

    2nd Circ. Revives Bid For SSA Disability Benefits Over Anxiety

    An administrative law judge must reconsider the Social Security Administration's denial of a former security guard's disability benefits, a split Second Circuit panel found, concluding that the judge needs to back up her determination that the worker's anxiety wouldn't impede his ability to keep a job.

  • November 26, 2025

    Trucking Co. Nabs Early Win In 401(k) Recordkeeping Fee Suit

    A South Carolina federal judge sided with a trucking company in a class action from employee 401(k) participants who claimed their retirement plan was saddled with excessive recordkeeping fees, holding that the class lacked sufficient evidence to back up their fiduciary breach claim. 

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