We turn once again to the sad and difficult task that plan administrators face when distributing the benefits of a participant who has been murdered by his or her designated beneficiary. Sad for obvious reasons. Difficult...more
2/12/2018
/ Appeals ,
Beneficiaries ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Insanity Defense ,
Interpleaders ,
Pension Funds ,
Plan Administrators ,
Preemption ,
Retirement Plan ,
Slayer Statutes ,
State Law Claims
“Top hat” plans are plans employers maintain for a “select group of management or highly compensated employees.” These plans are exempt from many of ERISA’s protections, including eligibility, vesting, fiduciary...more
In a rebuke to the Ninth Circuit, the Supreme Court granted the Amgen defendants’ petition for certiorari, reversed the Ninth Circuit’s judgment and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with its opinion in the...more
1/28/2016
/ Amgen ,
Amgen Inc. v Connecticut Retirement Plans ,
Duty of Prudence ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
FIfth Third Bancorp v Dudenhoeffer ,
Material Nonpublic Information ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Pleading Standards ,
SCOTUS ,
Stock Drop Litigation