Topic
Excessive Fees
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Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Five Favorites for Friday
I really like a good theme. I can't help it - it's the trial lawyer in me. Frankly, I not only like a good theme in an opening and closing…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Using Interlocutory Appeals to Reduce the Scope and Cost of ERISA Class Action Litigation
One of the themes I have returned to time and again with regard to excessive fee and other class action litigation under ERISA is that the traditional litigation approach deployed…
Legal Profession Blog
Estate Of Grace
The Indiana Supreme Court imposed a partially-stayed suspension and probation for misconduct in two estate mattersWe find that Respondent, Christopher Phillips, engaged in attorney misconduct by, among other things, charging…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Workers File Excessive Fee ERISA Class Action Suit Against TIAA
By Anne Hall
Former employee Brian Byrne has filed a class action lawsuit against retirement services provider Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) and its fiduciaries. The suit alleges that TIAA breached its…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Michigan Company’s ERISA Excessive Healthcare Fee Case
By Anne Hall
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has revived an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) lawsuit filed by a yacht company against Blue Cross Blue Shield of…
Legal Profession Blog
Very Little Actual Work
A reciprocal year and a day suspension has been imposed by the Rhode Island Supreme Court for sanctions imposed in Massachusetts for misconduct found there and described in the Massachusetts…
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…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Kimberly-Clark Settles 401(k) Excessive Fee Case for $2.25M
By Anne Hall
Kimberly-Clark has reached a $2.25 million settlement with participants and beneficiaries of the company’s 401(k) plan in an ERISA suit involving excessive fees. Two former Kimberly-Clark employees, the named class…
The Benefit of Benefits
How Do You Like Them Apples?-The Second Circuit Requires Apples-to-Apples Comparison in Excessive Fee Complaints
By Scott E. Galbreath, J.D., LL.M (Tax)
On December 10, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a lower court’s dismissal and denial of leave to file an amended complaint in a…
Your ERISA Watch
Second Circuit Raises the Pleading Bar for Excessive Fee Claims
Singh v. Deloitte LLP, No. 23-1108, __ F.4th __, 2024 WL 5049345 (2d Cir. Dec. 10, 2024) (Before Circuit Judges Livingston, Nardini, and Robinson) One of the mainstays of ERISA…