Notice Requirements, Employee Benefits, Class Action

Employers Continue to Face ERISA Tobacco Surcharge Lawsuits, With Mixed Results

Husch Blackwell LLP on 8/6/2025

Recently, companies have seen a spate of class action lawsuits challenging the legality of tobacco cessation wellness programs and related tobacco surcharges imposed by their employer-sponsored health benefit plans....more

Class Action Alert: Pay Transparency Class Actions Are Mounting in Washington

Buchalter on 10/24/2023

This month, dozens of class action lawsuits have been filed in Washington, based on alleged violations of Washington’s Equal Pay and Opportunity Act. Employers recruiting or planning to recruit for any position in...more

Takeaways from a Recent COBRA Notice Class Action Settlement

McDermott Will & Schulte on 9/7/2023

Recent years have seen a barrage of class action lawsuits alleging that group health plan continuation coverage election notices, required under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), are deficient in one...more

COBRA Litigation – 2020’s Latest Gift

Burr & Forman on 9/4/2020

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

Class Notice Online Works Just Fine

Carlton Fields on 4/6/2017

In a case involving alleged violations of ERISA and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, the District Court of the Western District of Kentucky certified a class of Anthem Health Plan insureds who were denied...more

Avoiding COBRA’s Bite: Measures to Counter COBRA Class Actions

Perkins Coie on 1/19/2017

With the filing of a class action complaint in late 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. became the latest large company accused of failing to provide adequate notices as...more