ERISA forfeiture class action litigation has continued to see various developments and potential new theories emerging in 2025. As Carlton Fields has previously reported, starting in late 2023, a new trend of lawsuits emerged...more
8/26/2025
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision in Coinbase Inc. v. Bielski requires that district court litigation in any matter remain in the starting gate while any appeal from a denial of a motion to compel arbitration in...more
10/9/2023
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Coinbase ,
Coinbase Inc v Bielski ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Financial Contracts ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Griggs v Provident Disc Co ,
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In Tran v. Minnesota Life Insurance Co., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that an insured’s death from autoerotic asphyxiation fell under the policy exclusion for deaths resulting from “intentionally...more