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ERISA Class Action
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Inside Class Actions
One Plan, Many Accounts: Fourth Circuit Slams the Door on Mandatory ERISA Classes in Defined Contribution Cases
By Samuel Crimmins, Nick Pastan
In Trauernicht v. Genworth Financial, Inc., 169 F.4th 459 (4th Cir. 2026), the Fourth Circuit delivered a significant win for defendants facing ERISA class actions. Reversing a district court’s certification…
Class Action Defense Blog
The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 141: Key Developments In ERISA Class Actions
Duane Morris Takeaway: This week’s episode features Duane Morris partners Jerry Maatman and John Reade and associate Anshul Agrawal with their discussion of the key trends and developments analyzed in…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
401(k) Excessive Fee Class Action Lawsuits Proliferate in 2024
By Anne Hall
Excessive fee class action litigation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) has dramatically increased by 35% in 2024, along with other ERISA class action cases. This surge has…
ERISA Litigation Advisor
Second Circuit Weighs in Against ERISA Arbitration
By Sung Cheol Sam Park, René E. Thorne
Recently, the Second Circuit became the latest circuit refusing to enforce individual arbitration of an ERISA class action, joining the Third, Seventh, and Tenth Circuits. The Ninth Circuit, by contrast,…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Salesforce Settles ERISA Class Action with 50K Workers
By Anne Hall
Just a week before a bench trial was scheduled to begin, Salesforce reached a settlement with as many as 50,000 of its employees in a class action lawsuit over its…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Defense Contractor L3Harris to Pay $650K to Settle 401(k) Class Action
By Anne Hall
Aerospace and defense technology company L3Harris has agreed to settle an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) class action lawsuit for $650,000. Plan participants in the company’s $5.2 million 401(k)…
Class Action Defense Blog
Introducing The Duane Morris ERISA Class Action Review – 2024!
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer A. Riley Duane Morris Takeaway: The surge of class action litigation filed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Third Circuit Denies Aetna’s Petition Challenging Certification of ERISA Class Action as Untimely under FRCP 23(f)
In Wolff v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., No. 22-8056, __F.4th__, 2023 WL 5082238 (3d Cir. Aug. 9, 2023), the Third Circuit Court of Appeals denied Defendant-Petitioner Aetna Life Insurance Company’s…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Wake Forest Medical Center Settles ERISA Class Action Suit
By Anne Hall
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has agreed to settle a proposed ERISA class action lawsuit pending in a North Carolina federal district court. In Garnick et al. v. Wake…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
DOL Urges 7th Circuit to Vacate Dismissal of Northwestern ERISA Case
By Anne Hall
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently sent a letter to the U.S. Court of Appeals, for the 7th Circuit, urging the court to vacate its dismissal of an ERISA…