No case of the week but we certainly have April showers if not a deluge of ERISA decisions.
Below is a summary of this past week’s notable ERISA decisions by subject matter and jurisdiction.
Attorneys’ Fees
First Circuit
K.D. v. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc., No. 20-11964-DPW, 2023 WL 2647103 (D. Mass. Mar. 27
Laidig v. GreatBanc Trust Co., No. 22-cv-1296, 2023 WL 1319624 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 31, 2023) (Judge Mary M. Rowland)
At first blush, employee stock ownership plans (“ESOPs”) sound like a great deal for employees. ESOPs can make companies more democratic, by giving employees equity, and they often have financial advantages, such as deferred compensation
LD v. United Behavioral Health, No. 20-cv-02254-YGR (JCS), 2022 WL 17408010 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 2, 2022) (Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero)
This week’s notable decision ended a longstanding discovery clash between the parties in this ERISA and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) class action brought by participants of ERISA-governed healthcare plans challenging