It’ s been another slow-ish week here in ERISA Watch territory, with no case of the week. But keep reading for contrasting approaches (and outcomes) in pension investment fee cases, the latest in the Cloud case challenging the NFL’s disability benefit plan, and a case involving the NBA’s COVID-19 vaccination policy.
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It has been a slow week here in ERISA World. Slow does not mean boring, however. Interestingly, in two of the cases we report on this week, courts refused to award attorneys’ fees to plaintiffs despite their partial or total success on the merits. In two other cases, courts rejected arguments that plaintiffs had failed
Parmenter v. The Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., No. 22-1614, __ F. 4th __, 2024 WL 613959 (1st Cir. Feb. 14, 2024) (Before Circuit Judges Montecalvo and Thompson, and District Judge Silvia Carreño-Coll)
With a rapidly aging population in the United States, coupled with increasing numbers of people suffering from chronic and debilitating