February 24, 2023
Westco Chemicals prevailed in a proposed class action by retirement plan beneficiaries accusing it of mismanaging the plan, as a California federal judge determined the two workers brought their claims too late.
May 06, 2022
In the coming week, labor and employment attorneys should look out for arguments over whether to exclude certain evidence from a long-running wage and hour class and collective action against Major League Baseball. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in the Golden State.
September 30, 2021
A California federal court refused to approve a $500,000 settlement agreement between Westco Chemicals Inc. and a proposed class of retirement plan beneficiaries over claims the company violated ERISA by mismanaging the plan, worrying the deal on the table under-compensates certain plaintiffs.
May 10, 2021
Westco Chemicals inked a deal to wrap up class action claims that it mismanaged its employees' retirement savings, with two former workers notifying a California federal judge that their Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit was settled two months before a scheduled trial.
May 07, 2019
Westco Chemicals Inc. has urged a California federal court to narrow a proposed Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action accusing it of mismanaging workers' retirement savings, saying claims regarding the company's pension plan have to be tossed.
February 26, 2019
Westco Chemicals Inc. was hit with a proposed Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action in California federal court, with a plan participant alleging that the company breached its duties under the statute in an "egregious and dizzying array of ways."