The full slate of Eleventh Circuit judges will rehear a case involving a seafood company’s employee stock ownership plan, giving the court an opportunity to eliminate its unique rule on administrative ...

A bipartisan bill introduced in December 2025 would amend ERISA to treat pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) as fiduciaries when ...

America’s private retirement system is one of the great successes of a market-based economy. Employer-sponsored retirement ...

If there’s one thing retirement plan sponsors learn quickly, it’s that “settled law” in ERISA litigation is often as stable as quick-sand. The ...

An Illinois district court found that an Arkansas state law requiring Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) plans to report certain prescription drug compensation-related information ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent unanimous decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University has altered the litigation landscape for benefit plan fiduciaries and their insurers. Understanding those changes ...

Shannon P. Duffy covers the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for The Legal Intelligencer of Philadelphia, an affiliate of the Law Journal. An employer does not violate ERISA when it refuses to ...

401-K funds are subject to ERISA laws, but choosing from an employer’s menu of investment choices under fiduciary management is at the participant’s discretion. Money Market Funds, such as Fidelity ...

The Department of Labor has been filing amicus briefs more frequently in retirement plan litigation. Let’s break down what an amicus brief actually is, what the DOL has been doing, and why this ...