June 14, 2023
A Texas federal court ruled against Affordable Care Act preventive care coverage mandates, the Seventh Circuit revived a retirement plan mismanagement case brought by Northwestern University workers and the Tenth Circuit refused to force arbitration of an employee stock ownership plan lawsuit. Here are five rulings from the first six months of 2023 that benefits lawyers should have on their radar.
April 03, 2023
A spate of recent decisions declining to throw out suits from workers who said their retirement plans were saddled with excessive fees show how the U.S. Supreme Court's January 2022 decision in a case against Northwestern University is reverberating in federal benefits litigation, attorneys say.
March 24, 2023
The Seventh Circuit has laid out a "newly formulated" standard for assessing claims that a retirement plan manager breached a duty to make prudent investment decisions, reviving claims against Northwestern University and embracing a plan participant-friendly analysis that will likely help certain federal benefits lawsuits survive motions to dismiss.
March 23, 2023
The Seventh Circuit on Thursday partially revived a class action from Northwestern University workers alleging mismanagement of their tax-sheltered 403(b) retirement plan, finding that an Illinois federal court needs to take a fresh look at two of the claims, but ruling the rest could be dismissed.
December 16, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court gave states a green light to ban abortion and revived retirees' lawsuit against Northwestern University in two marquee decisions from a busy year in federal benefits litigation. Here, Law360 looks at these and other rulings from 2022 that employers and retirement plan administrators should take note of.
November 29, 2022
The Seventh Circuit appeared to lean Tuesday toward reviving a class action from Northwestern University workers alleging mismanagement of their tax-sheltered 403(b) retirement plan, given that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision suggested a district court erred in concluding amending the workers' complaint would be futile.
July 14, 2022
Justices on the Illinois Supreme Court could offer clarity in the coming months on two key interpretations of the state's landmark biometric privacy law. Here, Law360 breaks down those and other cases Illinois attorneys should be watching in the second half of the year.
June 17, 2022
A U.S. Supreme Court opinion reviving a federal benefits lawsuit against Northwestern University headlines a jam-packed first half of 2022 for Employee Retirement Income Security Act rulings.
June 02, 2022
Northwestern University workers urged the Seventh Circuit to reinstate their proposed class action accusing the school of mishandling their retirement savings, saying the case — which the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the appeals court to reevaluate — is up to snuff under current high court standards.
March 28, 2022
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged the Seventh Circuit to throw out a federal benefits law class action against Northwestern University that the nation's highest court revived earlier this year, saying the Supreme Court's ruling set a bar the school's workers couldn't clear.