June 08, 2018
A New York federal judge on Friday granted a $95 million fee request from attorneys representing a class of 16,000 Foot Locker pensioners, while also confirming the class is entitled to $290 million in benefits following a successful challenge to a cut in their plan.
April 30, 2015
A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday refused to award summary judgment either to Foot Locker Inc. or to a class of employees who claim that the retailer cheated them out of retirement benefits by offering a confusing "wear-away" plan.
April 10, 2015
A class of Foot Locker Inc. employees on Friday urged a New York federal judge to change the way the retailer describes its pension plan to workers, saying language the company currently uses fails to meet federal standards that require plans to be described in plain English.
September 23, 2014
A New York federal judge on Monday certified a class of former Foot Locker Inc. employees who are suing the retailer for allegedly hiding aspects of a pension plan change that resulted in an unexpected decrease in retirement benefits.
August 12, 2014
Foot Locker Inc. urged a New York federal judge on Monday to deny class certification to a group of former employers who claim the retailer concealed a negative aspect of a pension plan option that resulted in lower-than-expected retirement benefits, arguing workers likely each had their own reasons for choosing that option.
July 16, 2014
A putative class on Tuesday urged a New York federal judge to certify their claim that Foot Locker Inc. breached its fiduciary duty to employees when making changes to the retailers' pension plan, in addition to reinstating a claim the company concealed the changes in materials distributed to the employees.
July 14, 2014
A New York federal judge hit Foot Locker Inc. with sanctions Monday in a putative class action over changes to its pension plan, saying the shoe retailer's destruction of as many as 141 boxes of evidence rose to the level of negligence and would need to be balanced out by an adverse jury instruction in the upcoming trial.
December 07, 2012
A New York federal judge on Thursday threw out a proposed class action accusing Foot Locker Inc. of illegally changing its employee retirement plan, ruling that the allegations of wrongdoing relied on "leaps of faith."
September 28, 2012
Foot Locker Inc. on Friday asked a New York federal judge to throw out a putative class action alleging it illegally changed its employee retirement plan, arguing that employees failed to complain about the 1996 amendment in time.
September 13, 2012
A former Foot Locker Inc. employee on Thursday asked a New York federal judge to sanction the retailer for starting to preserve documents related to his proposed Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action 3 1/2 years too late.