March 25, 2019
A New York federal judge on Monday sent a feud between former co-counsel firms over $2.3 million in fees into mediation, saying the motivation for the dispute between Bailey & Glasser LLP and pension boutique McTigue Law LLP doesn't put it outside the terms of a deal they struck a decade ago.
March 04, 2019
The New York federal judge who oversaw the settlement of a case focused on a Citigroup employee retirement plan ordered one of the plaintiff co-counsels on Monday to withdraw a request for court-ordered arbitration to resolve a dispute over $2.3 million in legal fees.
February 14, 2019
One day after McTigue Law LLP sought court intervention for a dispute with former co-counsel Bailey Glasser LLP over $2.3 million in attorneys' fees in a case for a class of Citigroup 401(k) plan participants, Bailey Glasser told a New York federal judge the McTigue attorney "forg[ot] to mention" that the fee dispute must go to arbitration, not the courts.
January 07, 2019
A New York federal judge has awarded $2.3 million to the attorneys for a class of over 300,000 Citigroup Inc. 401(k) plan participants who negotiated a $6.9 million settlement in a long-running Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit in August.
August 02, 2018
A class of Citigroup Inc. 401(k) retirement plan participants is putting the finishing touches on a $6.9 million deal to settle a long-running Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit alleging the plan's managing committees favored Citigroup-affiliated funds over those of lower-priced competitors.
November 27, 2017
A New York federal judge on Monday certified a trimmed-down class of Citigroup Inc. 401(k) retirement plan participants in a long-running Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit alleging the plan's managing committees favored Citigroup-affiliated funds over those of lower-priced competitors.
November 09, 2011
A New York federal judge on Wednesday refused to allow two Citigroup Inc. workers to pursue a new Employee Retirement Income Security claim in an amended putative class action alleging the managing committees of the bank's 401(k) plan favored Citigroup-affiliated funds over lower-priced competitors'.