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Court Rules Pension Fund’s Position Was Not ‘So Baseless’ as to Mandate an Award of Attorneys’ Fees

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ERISA is widely regarded as a remedial statute. As a result, employers who are pursued by multiemployer pension plans for withdrawal liability face an uphill battle when trying to recoup attorneys’ fees (often substantial)...more

Carlton Fields

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Notes That Review of Arbitration Awards Under the MPPAA is “Notably Less Deferential” than under...

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court’s order confirming an arbitration award under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 (the “MPPAA”), noting in...more

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