August 27, 2025
The Eleventh Circuit has ruled software company NCR Corp.'s "top hat" retirement plans didn't allow the company to issue lump-sum payments to plan participants as alternatives to promised life annuities, affirming former company executives' win in the contract breach suit alleging they were shortchanged payouts from the plans.
August 12, 2025
The Eleventh Circuit signaled Tuesday that it will likely uphold an early win by former executives of a Georgia e-commerce company who said they were short-changed in payouts from a "top hat" benefits plan, telling the company it couldn't escape the "bad drafting" of its contract.