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Withdrawal Liability
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Your ERISA Watch
Ninth Circuit Defines “Employee in the Entertainment Industry”
Nevada Resort Ass’n-Int’l Alliance of Theatrical Stage Emps. & Moving Picture Mach. Operators of the US & Canada Loc. 720 Pension Tr. v. JB Viva Vegas, LP, No. 24-2791, __…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Ninth Circuit Clarifies Scope of MPPAA Entertainment Industry Exception
In Nevada Resort Ass’n-Int’l All. of Theatrical Stage Emps. & Moving Picture Mach. Operators of the US & Canada Loc. 720 Pension Tr. v. JB Viva Vegas, LP, No. 24-2791,…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Ninth Circuit Holds Asbestos Abatement Contractors Qualify for MPPAA “Building and Construction Industry” Withdrawal Liability Exception
In Walker Specialty Construction, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of the Construction Industry and Laborers Joint Pension Trust for Southern Nevada, et al., No. 24-1560, —F.4th—-, 2026 WL 21743 (9th…
Compensation & Benefits Blog
District Court Holds Private Equity Fund, But Not Its General Partner or Management Company, Liable for Portfolio Company’s Withdrawal Liability
By Neil V. Shah, Justin Alex, Adam Scoll
Under ERISA, a participating employer that withdraws from a multiemployer pension plan must pay its share of the plan’s unfunded vested benefits (i.e., its withdrawal liability). ERISA’s “controlled group” rules…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Withdrawal Liability, the Seventh Circuit, and the Limits of Creativity
I talked briefly about withdrawal liability in my very first "Five Favorites for Friday" post, which you can find here. Because there is often so much money at stake, and…
Your ERISA Watch
Seventh Circuit Sticks to the Text in Interpreting ERISA’s Withdrawal Liability Rules
SuperValu, Inc. v. United Food & Com. Workers Unions & Emps. Midwest Pension Fund, No. 24-2486, __ F. 4th __, 2025 WL 2860665 (7th Cir. Oct. 9, 2025) (Before Circuit…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Cert in Multiemployer Pension Plan Case
By Anne Hall
The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear a case during its next term that focuses on how multiemployer pension plans determine withdrawal liability when employers leave the plans. The…
Compensation & Benefits Blog
Eleventh Circuit Holds Pension Fund Correctly Applied Partial Withdrawal Liability Credit
By Neil V. Shah, Sydney Juliano
In Perfection Bakeries Inc. v. Retail Wholesale & Dep’t Store Int’l Union & Indus. Pension Fund, No. 23-12533, 147 F.4th 1314 (11th Cir. Aug. 1, 2025), the Eleventh Circuit affirmed that…
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Third Circuit Upholds PBGC Regulations and Tells Trucking Company a Deal’s a Deal
By Emily Payson
In re: Yellow Corp., No. 25-1421, __ F. 4th __, 2025 WL 2647752 (3rd Cir. Sep. 16, 2025) (Before Circuit Judges Shwartz, Montgomery-Reeves, and Ambro) In response to the financial…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Third Circuit Upholds PBGC Regulations on ARPA Pension Assistance and Confirms Contractual Withdrawal Liability Obligations
In In re Yellow Corporation, No. 25-1421, —F.4th—-, 2025 WL 2647752 (3rd Cir. 2025) (Before: Shwartz, Montgomery-Reeves, and Ambro, Circuit Judges), the Third Circuit addressed significant issues at the intersection…