McCutcheon et al. v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., et al.

  1. June 06, 2025

    Colgate Strikes Deal To End Lengthy Battle Over Pension Pay

    Colgate-Palmolive Co. has agreed to settle a long-running class action from pensioners who claimed the company underpaid them $300 million in miscalculated retirement benefits, after the Second Circuit twice knocked down bids from the company to overturn judgments in the workers' favor.

  2. May 06, 2025

    Colgate-Palmolive Will Mediate ERISA Suit After $300M Loss

    Colgate-Palmolive Co. and pensioners who said they were underpaid by $300 million told a New York federal court Tuesday that they will attempt to mediate their federal benefits lawsuit after the Second Circuit upheld a judgment against the consumer products company.

  3. August 24, 2020

    Colgate Retirees Win $300M Suit Over Benefit Calculation

    A New York federal judge handed a win on Monday to a class of Colgate-Palmolive retirees who claim they were shortchanged on retirement payments, holding that Colgate misinterpreted its retirement plan's terms when calculating workers' benefit entitlement in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

  4. August 12, 2020

    Colgate Fights Retirees' Quick Win Bid In ERISA Class Action

    Colgate-Palmolive Co. urged a New York federal judge to deny its retirees' bid for partial summary judgment in an ERISA class action accusing the company of shortchanging them, saying the class' request amounts to more than asking the court to "formalize what it has already decided."

  5. August 05, 2020

    Colgate Retirees Want Judge's Final Word For ERISA Appeal

    A class of Colgate-Palmolive retirees wants a New York federal court to "formalize what it has already decided" in their trimmed-down Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit accusing the company of shorting them on lump-sum benefits payments, so that they can appeal their partial loss to the Second Circuit.

  6. July 30, 2020

    Colgate Can't Tweak Retirement Plan To Fight ERISA Suit

    A New York federal judge has rejected Colgate-Palmolive's bid to revise its retirement plan in an attempt to sink an ERISA class action from retirees accusing the company of shorting them on lump-sum benefits payments, finding the proposed amendment would run afoul of federal tax law.

  7. September 05, 2019

    Colgate Tries To Narrow ERISA Suit Over Lump-Sum Payouts

    Colgate-Palmolive Co. has asked a New York federal judge to pare down a class action by retirees who received lump-sum benefits payments they claim were too small, saying its retirement plan committee had wide latitude to decide how much the former workers were owed.

  8. May 07, 2019

    Workers Can't Get Colgate Sanctioned Over 'Sham Witness'

    A New York federal judge on Monday refused to sanction Colgate-Palmolive in a class action by former employees who claim they got short shrift on retirement benefits, finding the company's use of a witness the workers said was "wholly unprepared" didn't warrant any penalty.

  9. May 03, 2019

    Colgate Rips 'Disparaging' Sanctions Bid In ERISA Suit

    Colgate-Palmolive fired back at claims that it offered up a useless witness in a class action alleging it miscalculated workers' retirement benefits, telling a New York federal judge that the accusations were "unfounded, disparaging and hyperbolic."

  10. April 30, 2019

    Colgate Offered 'Sham Witness' In ERISA Suit, Workers Say

    A class of ex-Colgate-Palmolive workers asked a New York federal judge to sanction the company for allegedly putting forth a "sham witness" in their suit accusing it of miscalculating their retirement benefits.