Compliance | November 12th, 2024 Supreme Court Declines to Review Petition on ERISA Arbitration This is the fifth time since 2019 that the Supreme Court has refused to consider the issue.
Compliance | October 22nd, 2024 6th Circuit Revives Kellogg Excessive Fee Case Over Arbitration Clause Dispute The appeals court ruled that a Michigan district court wrongly dismissed the lawsuit in April 2023 in favor of arbitration.
Compliance | October 14th, 2024 Argent Trust Co. Petitions for Supreme Court to Provide Guidance on ERISA Arbitration The Supreme Court has previously declined to review appeals courts’ decisions that held arbitration provisions unenforceable.
Administration | October 9th, 2024 Bills to Ban Arbitration Clauses Reappear in House, Senate The legislation would prohibit arbitration of claims and discretionary clauses in all ERISA-covered plans.
Compliance | January 18th, 2024 Taft-Hartley Plan Wants Back $220M Partial Pension Withdrawal Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust claims arbitrator Richard C. McNeill Jr. incorrectly ruled that GE satisfied the building and construction industry...
Compliance | October 7th, 2022 New Bill Would Void Mandatory Arbitration in ERISA-Governed Plans The Mental Health Matters Act moves to the Senate after House passage, and would eliminate forced arbitration clauses, class action...
Compliance | October 31st, 2019 Greystar ERISA Fee Challenge Will Be Individually Arbitrated Following some important appellate and Supreme Court decisions, it is “no longer good law” to presume as a general matter...
Compliance | September 11th, 2019 Greystar Moves to Compel Arbitration of ERISA Complaint Following a high-profile 9th Circuit decision, Greystar argues that the plaintiff signed a Mutual Agreement to Arbitrate Claims that not...
Compliance | July 25th, 2018 Appeals Court Allows Case Against USC to Proceed The panel concludes that the dispute against the University of Southern California fell outside the scope of the arbitration agreements...