July 09, 2021
The Ninth Circuit said Friday it wouldn't reconsider a ruling backing the partial dismissal of an ERISA suit against Northrop Grumman Corp. and its pension plan administrator, rejecting requests to rehear the case by former Northrop employees who accuse the companies of providing inaccurate retirement benefits calculations.
June 29, 2021
The Ninth Circuit misinterpreted both federal benefits law and guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor when it allowed Northrop Grumman to escape Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims in a suit over what ex-workers said were inaccurate pension statements, the DOL said.
April 15, 2021
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday upheld portions of a dismissal of an ERISA suit brought against Northrop Grumman and Alight Solutions over allegedly inaccurate benefit calculations, but revived state law claims against Alight and allowed the pensioners to pursue an amended complaint on certain ERISA claims.
February 11, 2021
Northrop Grumman and Alight Solutions urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to affirm a California district court's decision tossing pensioners' ERISA claims over allegedly inaccurate benefits calculations, arguing that merely calculating benefits estimates — even if they turn out to be wrong — is not a fiduciary act.
October 26, 2020
Northrop Grumman pensioners have urged the Ninth Circuit to revive their suit claiming they were given "grossly inaccurate" pension statements for years in violation of ERISA, arguing that their claims weren't based on clerical errors.
October 13, 2020
An employer advocacy organization has urged the Ninth Circuit not to upend Northrop Grumman's win in an ERISA suit claiming pensioners were given inaccurate benefit calculations, saying a "mere clerical error" didn't entitle them to a "windfall of benefits."