December 07, 2018
A Montana federal judge on Thursday replaced a magistrate overseeing a dispute over a request for $2.4 million in attorneys' fees in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act claim because plaintiffs said the magistrate "actively" participated in a mediated settlement with a hospital retirement plan.
December 05, 2018
The retirement plan for a Montana hospital told a federal judge Tuesday that a request for $2.4 million in attorneys' fees was "grossly excessive" after a $293,946 settlement resolving claims that the plan flouted the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.