July 27, 2026
Defense and aerospace company ATI won escape from a proposed class action alleging it put retirees' benefits at risk by transferring approximately $1.5 billion of pension obligations to a private equity-backed insurance company, convincing a Pennsylvania federal court Monday that ex-workers hadn't sufficiently demonstrated standing to sue.
November 07, 2025
Two appeals court judges used a decision in an employee stock ownership plan case to urge the full Eleventh Circuit to rethink its requirements for filing federal benefits suits, a marketing company shut down a 401(k) forfeiture case, and CVS and Duke University were hit with new suits. Here, Law360 looks back at six noteworthy ERISA developments from last month.
October 08, 2025
An aerospace materials manufacturer shouldn't face a proposed class action alleging it violated federal benefits law when it converted $1.5 billion in pension obligations to risky insurance-backed annuities, a Pennsylvania federal judge recommended Tuesday, saying retirees hadn't demonstrated that the transaction diminished their benefits.
August 28, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge questioned Thursday whether retirees from ATI Inc. had standing to sue over an allegedly risky switch from a defined-benefit pension plan to an insurance-backed annuity, when all of their monthly payments remained the same.