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Yes, an Arbitrator Can Exceed Their Powers in the Eleventh Circuit

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The reports of the death of Section 10 of the FAA may have been greatly exaggerated. Thursday, a majority of the Eleventh Circuit held in Nalco Co. LLC v. Bonday that an arbitration award was subject to vacatur under Section...more

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District Court Holds Pension Fund Misapplied Prior Partial Withdrawal Liability Credit

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A federal district court in Illinois became the first court to rule that an employer’s credit for a prior partial withdrawal should be applied at the end of the statute’s “waterfall” for calculating withdrawal liability. The...more

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Withdrawal Liability: Third Circuit Paves New Path for Pension Funds to Collect from Affiliated Employers

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Holding a settlement agreement was a revised withdrawal liability assessment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rejected a group of dairy companies’ petition to dismiss a pension fund’s claim to enforce a $39...more

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CMC Attorney Mark Trapp Secures Favorable Ruling in $23M Pension Dispute

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In 2017, Consumers partially withdrew from the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund. The fund said the company owed $11.3 million (or monthly payments of $42,200 for 20 years) for its share of the fund’s...more

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Pensions and Leaves of Absences – No Extension of Canada Labour Code Protections to Other Retirement or Savings Plans

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In the decision of WestJet Encore v ALPA, dated March 31, 2025, Arbitrator Kaplan held that a Canada Labour Code (the “Code”) provision which requires that pension (as well as health and disability) benefits continue to be...more

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The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories from July 2022

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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COVID-19 Labor & Employment Litigation Tracker (UPDATED)

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Since March 12, there have been 1,914 lawsuits (including 152 class actions) filed against employers due to alleged labor and employment violations related to the coronavirus....more

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Top 50 Workplace Law Stories Of 2019

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It’s hard to keep up with the news these days. It sometimes feels like you can’t step away from your phone, computer, or TV for more than an hour or so without a barrage of new information hitting the headlines—and you’re...more

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