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Holland & Knight LLP

Department of Labor Weighs in on 401(k) Forfeiture Class Actions

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Since September 2023, plaintiffs have filed numerous class action lawsuits alleging that the use of 401(k) forfeitures to offset future employer contributions violates the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Benefits Monthly Minute - October 2024

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The October Monthly Minute highlights two recent retirement plan cases, one in which the court sides with the plan and emphasizes plan administrative review over specific investment results and another where plaintiffs are...more

Burr & Forman

COBRA Litigation – 2020’s Latest Gift

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The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (“COBRA”) became law on April 7, 1986. For most of its nearly 35-year history, litigation involving COBRA has been relatively quiet. Most COBRA claims are tag-alongs, added...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Don’t Get Bitten by Your COBRA Notices

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In a growing wave of class action lawsuits, plaintiffs are targeting employers who have allegedly failed to provide proper notice of health care coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985...more

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What’s In Your COBRA Notice? The Answer May Lead To A Class Action Lawsuit

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As previously reported in the Fast Laner, a number of large employers were hit by a wave of class action lawsuits in 2016 involving claims related to deficient COBRA notices. In the case involving Wal-Mart, a federal judge in...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Reducing Exposure to 401(k) Plan Class Action Litigation

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Steering board members clear of being named plan fiduciaries is a start. Most board members don’t want to become 401(k) plan fiduciaries....more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Class action lawsuit isn’t the only fear

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Plan sponsors will say it all the time: they are too small to be sued in a class action lawsuit. That may be true, but a class action lawsuit isn’t the only thing to fear....more

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Ameriprise Avoids Trial On Class Action Suit By Current and Former Employees With $27.5 Million Payment

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In 2011, a group of current and former employees filed a class action lawsuit in the District Court of Minnesota claiming that Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and members of its 401(k) Plan fiduciary committee had breached their...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Benefits Litigation Update - January 2014

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In this issue: - Will Section 510 of ERISA Restrict Workforce Structuring under the Affordable Care Act? - A New Threat to Sponsors and Fiduciaries: Equitable Remedies After Amara - First ERISA Decision...more

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