March 12, 2025
A California federal judge permanently tossed a proposed class action from ex-Cisco workers alleging their former employer mismanaged its 401(k) by keeping underperforming BlackRock target-date funds in the plan, finding their claims were still lacking despite multiple chances at amendment.
May 21, 2024
A California federal judge threw out a proposed class action that former workers brought accusing Cisco of breaching federal benefits law by including several BlackRock funds as options in its $16.4 billion 401(k) plan, saying the ex-employees failed to put forward meaningful comparator investments to support their claims.
November 20, 2023
A recent crop of Employee Retirement Income Security Act suits from ex-workers challenging the decision to retain certain BlackRock investment options in their 401(k)s have stumbled in federal court.
August 14, 2023
Cisco defeated a proposed class action claiming the company violated federal benefits law by including several BlackRock funds as options in its $16.4 billion employee 401(k) plan, with a California federal judge ruling ex-workers leading the suit can't rely solely on the funds' alleged underperformance.
August 26, 2022
Proposed class actions challenging the performance of a suite of BlackRock target date funds in huge company 401(k) plans stand out from a healthy crop of Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuits filed this summer. Law360 reviews six new ERISA class actions.