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DOL Finalizes Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure Rule: What PBMs Must Disclose, and Should Be Ready To Defend
By Chris Carlson, Lauren Fincher, Erin Harrigan, Sydney Goldberg
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that serve large self-insured health plans will have to give employers a detailed account of how they are paid under a rule the U.S. Department of…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
DOL Final Rule Aims to Increase Drug Price Transparency and Disclosures by PBMs
Quick Hits The DOL’s Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) recently released final rules requiring more financial transparency and disclosures from PBMs to health plans. The rule’s purpose is to give…
Benefits Law Advisor
San Francisco Revises Airport Health Care Spending Requirements: What ERISA Plan Sponsors Should Know
Employers with employees working at San Francisco International Airport may need to revisit their health plan arrangements before January 1, 2027. Recent amendments to San Francisco's Healthy Airport Ordinance revise…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Prejudgment Interest and Attorney’s Fees Where the Policy Gave LINA Discretion to Require a Death Certificate as Proof of Loss
Williamson v. Life Insurance Company of North America, No. 25-5790, 2026 WL 3153191 (6th Cir. Oct. 21, 2026) (Before: Kethledge, Chief Judge; Cole and Mathis, Circuit Judges). In 2013, the…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Arnold & Porter Discuss Long-Awaited Guidance on ESOP Valuation Standards
By Martinyerovi
On October 15, 2026, the Retire Through Ownership Act was signed into law, amending the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide protection to fiduciaries of employee…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Improving Transparency into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure
On Thursday, October 29, 2026, the US Department of Labor finalized a pharmacy benefit manager transparency rule, which is required reading for all employers that sponsor group health plans. …
ERISA Litigation & Compliance
Buried Alive? ERISA Claims Exhaustion Isn’t Necessarily Dead After Bolton
By Katherine B. Kohn, Dominic DeMatties
The en banc Eleventh Circuit in Bolton v. Inland Fresh Seafood Corporation of America, Inc. overruled Mason v. Continental Group, Inc. “to the extent [Mason and its progeny] hold that…
California Workplace Law Blog
San Francisco Revises Health Care Spending Requirements for Certain Airport Employers
On October 16, 2026, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie signed Ordinance No. 213-26, amending the City’s Healthy Airport Ordinance (HAO), codified in Article 121 of the San Francisco Labor and…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
The Job Matters: California Court Awards ERISA Long-Term Disability Benefits After MetLife’s Paper Reviewers Ignored a Scientist’s Cognitive Demands
In Wong v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, No. 25-cv-10274-PCP, 2026 WL 3138805 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 20, 2026), United States District Judge P. Casey Pitts granted Plaintiff’s motion for judgment and…
ERISA Blog
Retire Through Ownership Act Becomes Law, Creates a Valuation Safe Harbor for ESOP Fiduciaries
On October 15, 2026, the Retire Through Ownership Act (S. 2403) (“the Act”) was signed into law. The Act amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to…