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Monthly Minute showers readers with some eye-opening case law updates, ranging from a $38.8M jury verdict in a 401(k) fee ...
Tariffs have been the president’s prominent economic tool of choice thus far in his second term. His April 2 “Liberation Day” ...
In North Carolina, a disability is considered any injury or illness that prevents someone from completing important tasks, like those required at a job. ERISA regulates different aspects of long-term ...
The deadlines for appealing a disability denial are set in the federal law known as ERISA (the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974). Most (but not all) individual policies follow ERISA ...
Workplace retirement plans are facing a growing wave of class action lawsuits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), pushing employers to evaluate the policies that dictate how ...
This month’s Friday Five explores decisions from around the country discussing the concept of reasonableness in various forms. One court rejected ...
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Rep. Rick Allen, R-Ga., introduced a bill to restrict ERISA retirement plans from considering environmental, social and governance factors in their investment decisions. The bill, titled the ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A disability-rights case at the Supreme Court grew unusually heated on Monday, including accusations of lying and references to one side’s position being a potential “five ...
ERISA bars transactions that involve improper contracts, high-risk dealings with plan assets, self-dealing by fiduciaries or agreements that improperly shift fiduciary duties to third parties. However ...