March 20, 2023
A Tennessee federal judge dismissed claims under federal benefits law from multidistrict litigation brought by African Methodist Episcopal Church pastors and employees who allege more than $90 million was stolen from their retirement plan, but preserved many state law allegations in the sprawling class action.
December 09, 2022
An administrator of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's retirement plan says the church is attempting to blame it for the church's own mismanagement of a pastor who allegedly embezzled $90 million from the plan.
July 29, 2022
The Fifth Circuit will soon hear arguments from the federal government and religious groups battling over an injunction protecting religious medical providers that assert faith-based objections from having to perform abortions or gender-transition surgery, or cover those procedures for employees.
July 29, 2022
The African Methodist Episcopal Church urged a Tennessee federal court not to grant an injunction request from a group of pastors seeking to bar the church from sending letters to former workers about their retirement accounts, as a consolidated class action is pending alleging negligence over a more than $90 million loss to the employee annuity plan.