May 29, 2020
Emory University and its workers asked a Georgia federal judge Friday to approve a roughly $16.8 million settlement of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action accusing the school of letting its retirement plans charge high fees and keep bad investments.
April 17, 2020
Emory University and its workers have agreed to settle a class action accusing the school of violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by letting its retirement plans charge high fees and keep bad investments.
February 19, 2020
A class of Emory University workers claiming the school squandered their retirement savings is urging a federal judge to block the testimony of one of the school's expert witnesses, arguing she wasn't qualified to offer her opinion on what reasonable prices retirement plans should pay for record-keeping services.
November 01, 2019
A class of Emory University workers accusing the school of squandering employees' retirement savings on excessive fees and poorly performing investments has urged a Georgia federal judge to remove more than 400 documents' confidential designation, arguing the school didn't demonstrate why the filings should be under wraps.
September 13, 2018
Emory University workers accusing the school of mismanaging their retirement savings won certification for a class of up to 45,000 participants Thursday after a Georgia federal judge found that those leading the suit had standing for their claims and could adequately represent the class.
July 09, 2018
A proposed class of current and former Emory University employees asked a Georgia federal judge Friday to force the university to cooperate with their discovery requests in a suit alleging the school's retirement plan administrators charged high fees and made poor investment decisions.
April 23, 2018
Emory University urged a Georgia federal judge on Friday not to certify a class of workers who accuse the university of mismanaging its retirement plan, saying a North Carolina federal judge's decision to certify a class of Duke University workers in a similar suit was incorrect.
April 16, 2018
On the heels of a North Carolina federal judge's decision to certify a class action accusing Duke University of mismanaging its retirement plan, Emory University employees who say their school violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act in the same way asked a Georgia federal judge Friday to grant them class status, too.
May 11, 2017
A Georgia federal court on Wednesday declined to let Emory University off the hook on most claims in a potential class action alleging that it mismanaged two workers' retirement plans, ruling that the workers' claims that the school erred by accepting high fees and locking in to certain poor investments are reasonable.