Laurent v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP et al

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Case Number:

1:06-cv-02280

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Labor: E.R.I.S.A.

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

J. Paul Oetken

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  1. September 20, 2022

    PwC To Pay $267M In ERISA Suit Over Lump-Sum Benefits

    PricewaterhouseCoopers retirees who accused the accounting firm of lowballing their lump-sum pension benefits asked a New York federal court to bless a $267 million class action settlement that would end the suit after more than 16 years of litigation.

  2. August 03, 2022

    PwC Strikes Deal To End Sweeping Benefits Class Action

    PwC and a class of around 17,000 retirees accusing the accounting firm of cheating them out of their lump-sum retirement benefits told a New York federal court that they had agreed to a settlement, ending the yearslong suit.

  3. August 17, 2020

    PwC Looks To Break Up Massive Class In Benefits Suit

    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has doubled down on its bid to decertify a class of 17,000 retirees suing over the calculation of their lump-sum retirement benefits, telling a New York federal judge that the workers must justify certification for both of the forms of relief in their ERISA case.

  4. August 10, 2020

    PwC Ex-Workers Fight Bid To Decertify Class In ERISA Suit

    Thousands of former PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP workers have urged a New York federal judge to reject the company's bid to decertify their class action accusing PwC of violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act's standards for calculating lump-sum retirement benefits.

  5. July 24, 2017

    PwC Beats ERISA Challenge To Retirement Plan's Terms

    A New York federal judge handed a win to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP on Monday in a suit from former employees who alleged a PwC benefit plan ran afoul of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, saying the workers were trying to rewrite the plan instead of simply seeking its enforcement.

  6. June 26, 2014

    Ex-PWC Workers Win Class Cert. In ERISA Suit

    A New York federal judge on Thursday certified a class of thousands of former PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP employees who were paid a lump sum distribution of their benefits under PWC's retirement benefit plan before age 65 but say they may have undistributed benefits because PWC's calculations didn't meet Employee Retirement Income Security Act standards.

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