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  1. September 02, 2025

    AT&T May Avoid Pension Risk Transfer Suit, Judge Says

    A Massachusetts federal judge recommended granting AT&T and State Street's motions to dismiss a proposed class action from AT&T retirees alleging the companies put their pensions at unnecessary risk through an $8 billion pension annuity deal, finding allegations failed to state a claim for violating federal benefits law. 

  2. December 18, 2024

    Benefits Orgs. Back AT&T In Suit Over Pension Risk Transfers

    A trio of retirement benefits organizations urged a Massachusetts federal judge to toss a suit claiming AT&T violated federal benefits law by offloading $8 billion in pension obligations into risky annuities, arguing that the case is a cash grab based on speculative claims.

  3. July 03, 2024

    5 Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch For In July

    Republican state attorneys general will try to convince the Fifth Circuit to knock down a U.S. Department of Labor rule covering how retirement plan managers can consider environmental and social factors when picking investments, while Kellogg workers will challenge class action waivers at the Sixth Circuit. Here are five argument sessions coming up this month that benefits attorneys should keep an eye on.

  4. June 06, 2024

    AT&T Says Pension De-Risking Move Expressly Allowed

    AT&T is trying to ditch two suits by retirees who claimed the telecom giant put their savings at risk by transferring pension obligations to an annuity provider, arguing that the retirees were attempting to "attach fiduciary liability to a non-fiduciary decision."

  5. April 26, 2024

    ERISA Suits Targeting Annuity Deals Could Escalate

    A quartet of lawsuits targeting employers who terminate their pension plans and exchange them for annuity insurance contracts could trigger a new wave of class action litigation if they gain traction, since hundreds of thousands of retirees have been subject to pension risk transfers in recent years, attorneys say.

  6. March 12, 2024

    AT&T Offloaded Pensions In Risky Annuity Deal, Suit Says

    AT&T shirked its fiduciary duty and put 96,000 workers' retirement savings in jeopardy by transferring pension obligations to a "risky" annuity provider, according to a proposed class action filed in Massachusetts federal court.