Board of Trustees of Bakery Drivers Loc. 550 & Indus. Pension Fund v. Pension Benefit Guar. Corp., No. 23-7868, __ F.4th __, 2025 WL 1226844 (2d Cir. Apr. 29, 2025) (Before Circuit Judges Robinson, Pérez, and Nathan)
On March
It was a slow week for ERISA cases in the federal courts last week, with no standout decision. However, the courts did touch on some interesting topics, including whether a health insurance plan has a fiduciary duty to negotiate with
Cunningham v. Cornell Univ., No. 23-1007, __ S. Ct. __, 2025 WL 1128943 (U.S. Apr. 17, 2025)
As Your ERISA Watch readers probably know, ERISA litigation often entails a surprising number pf peculiar, court-created rules not applied in any
After the flood of end-of-reporting-period decisions issued over the past several weeks, the tide has turned. This week we report on only eight cases. So relax and enjoy reading this week’s short but interesting selection of ERISA decisions, including one
Waldron v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., No. 3:24-CV-05193-TMC, 2025 WL 949028 (W.D. Wash. Mar. 28, 2025) (Judge Tiffany M. Cartwright)
This week Your ERISA Watch is engaging in a bit of shameless self-promotion as we highlight this
Navarro v. Wells Fargo & Co., No. 24-cv-3043 (LMP/DTS), 2025 WL 897717 (D. Minn. Mar. 24, 2025) (Judge Laura M. Provinzino)
We have been watching cases alleging that fiduciaries are mismanaging prescription drug benefit programs at Your ERISA Watch
Cannon v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mass., No. 24-1862, __ F. 4th __, 2025 WL 855194 (1st Cir. Mar. 19, 2025) (Before Circuit Judges Aframe, Lynch, and Howard)
As our readers undoubtedly know, ERISA contains a notably
Although we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day this week, no one case had the luck of the Irish to be crowned our Notable Decision. Nevertheless, we should all raise a pint to the federal courts, who were busy this week issuing
McManus v. The Clorox Co., No. 4:23-CV-05325-YGR, 2025 WL 732087 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 3, 2025) (Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers)
Our case of the week is one in a series of recently filed cases presenting novel challenges to “a practice by
Doe v. Deloitte LLP Grp. Ins. Plan, No. 23 CIV. 4743 (JPC), __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2025 WL 586670 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 24, 2025) (Judge John P. Cronan)
Our case of the week is a published district court decision