Appeals, Statutory Interpretation, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Seventh Circuit Affirms that Employer’s Withdrawal Liability Cannot Be Based on Post-Rehabilitation Plan Contribution Increases

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 5/12/2025

We recently reported on a district court decision holding that the Central States Pension Fund’s calculation of withdrawal liability should not have included contribution rate increases imposed after the Fund’s implementation...more

Federal Court Appoints a Traditional Labor and Pension Arbitrator, Rather Than a Former Federal Judge, to Resolve $205 Million...

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 5/6/2020

Under ERISA, withdrawal liability disputes are subject to mandatory arbitration. The parties are tasked with mutually selecting the arbitrator, but if they reach an impasse in the selection process, a federal district court...more

ERISA Preemption — The Courts of Appeal Continue to Rule As They Await Further Supreme Court Attempts To Define, Once and for All,...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/23/2019

Synopsis: Two Courts of Appeal reach opposite results on ERISA preemption, thus continuing the judicial quest for a definitive meaning of ERISA preemption. Stay tuned for more such decisions, and yet more Supreme Court...more

Say Whaaat? The Sixth Circuit Debates “Corpus Linguistics” as a Tool for Statutory Interpretation

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/11/2019

A seemingly routine Sixth Circuit appeal involving the interpretation of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act statute (ERISA) recently sparked an interesting debate between two Circuit Judges — Amul Thapar and...more

Appeals › Statutory Interpretation › Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Seventh Circuit Affirms that Employer’s Withdrawal Liability Cannot Be Based on Post-Rehabilitation Plan Contribution Increases

Federal Court Appoints a Traditional Labor and Pension Arbitrator, Rather Than a Former Federal Judge, to Resolve $205 Million...

ERISA Preemption — The Courts of Appeal Continue to Rule As They Await Further Supreme Court Attempts To Define, Once and for All,...

Say Whaaat? The Sixth Circuit Debates “Corpus Linguistics” as a Tool for Statutory Interpretation

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