March 17, 2026
A North Carolina federal judge tossed a worker's suit claiming Duke University illegally used forfeited cash in its retirement plan to pay for future contributions rather than plan fees, finding the university's actions were allowed under the plan's terms.
November 07, 2025
Two appeals court judges used a decision in an employee stock ownership plan case to urge the full Eleventh Circuit to rethink its requirements for filing federal benefits suits, a marketing company shut down a 401(k) forfeiture case, and CVS and Duke University were hit with new suits. Here, Law360 looks back at six noteworthy ERISA developments from last month.
October 10, 2025
Just weeks after settling one benefits-related lawsuit, Duke University has been hit with another putative class action in North Carolina federal court, this time accusing it of being disloyal to retirement plan participants by using forfeited funds only to reduce its own contributions.