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Cassell et al v. Vanderbilt University et al

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Case Number:

3:16-cv-02086

Court:

Tennessee Middle

Nature of Suit:

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

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr

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  1. May 22, 2020

    New ERISA Suits Could Clarify Plans' Cybersecurity Duties

    A handful of recent lawsuits challenging retirement plan managers' lax cybersecurity policies and use of workers' data for marketing purposes could shed light on an area of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act that has long been shrouded in mystery: employers' cybersecurity and data privacy obligations.

  2. August 26, 2019

    Vanderbilt Workers' Attys Want $5M Cut Of ERISA Settlement

    The attorneys for a class of Vanderbilt University workers have asked a Tennessee federal judge to award them nearly $5 million after they negotiated a $14.5 million settlement to quell claims that the university's retirement plan charged excessive fees and offered subpar investments.

  3. April 22, 2019

    Vanderbilt To Pay $14.5M In ERISA Class Action Deal

    Current and former Vanderbilt University employees urged a Tennessee federal judge on Monday to sign off on a deal in which the school will pay $14.5 million to settle claims that its employee retirement plan overcharged participants and invested in poorly performing products.

  4. February 26, 2019

    Vanderbilt Settles Workers' ERISA Class Action

    Vanderbilt University and a 40,000-member class of current and former workers have agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing the school's employee retirement plan of overcharging participants and investing in poorly performing products.

  5. November 06, 2018

    Class Cert. In Hand, Vanderbilt Workers Push For Jury Trial

    Less than two weeks after winning certification of a 40,000-member class, participants in a Vanderbilt University retirement plan further pressed a Tennessee federal judge to grant them a jury trial instead of a bench trial in their suit accusing the school of mismanaging worker retirement savings.

  6. October 24, 2018

    Vanderbilt University Workers Win Cert. In ERISA Suit

    A Tennessee federal judge certified a class of roughly 40,000 participants in a Vanderbilt University retirement plan in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit over the management of the plan, rejecting the school's assertion that the participants didn't have standing to bring their claims.

  7. October 23, 2018

    Magistrate Advises Against Jury Trial In Vandy Benefits Row

    A federal magistrate judge recommended Monday that a suit accusing Vanderbilt University of mismanaging its workers' retirement savings play out as a bench trial, urging a district judge assigned to the case to strike the workers' demand for a jury trial.

  8. July 02, 2018

    Vanderbilt U. Blasts Workers' Cert. Bid In Benefits Suit

    A group of nearly 40,000 participants in Vanderbilt University's employee retirement plan shouldn't receive class certification in a suit accusing the school of mismanaging their retirement savings, the university told a Tennessee federal judge, calling the case a "paradigmatic example of attorney-driven litigation."

  9. May 21, 2018

    Vanderbilt Workers Seek Class Status In Retirement Row

    A group of participants in Vanderbilt University's employee retirement plan asked a Tennessee federal judge on Friday to certify a class of roughly 40,000 plan participants, seeking to turn a lawsuit accusing the university of mismanaging its workers' retirement savings into a class action.

  10. August 11, 2016

    List Of Universities Sued Over Retirement Plan Fees Grows

    Duke University, the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University and Vanderbilt University on Wednesday were each hit with proposed class actions accusing the schools of causing retirement plan participants to pay millions of dollars in excessive fees, just one day after three other prominent schools were similarly sued.