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Peter S. Sessions is a partner at Kantor & Kantor who has been with the firm since 2004. Peter represents individual clients seeking health, life, and disability benefits, typically under employee health plans.

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 Judges Brennan, Hamilton, and Scudder)

To an outside observer, ERISA’s imposition of “withdrawal liability” on a company that terminates its participation in a multiemployer

Doherty v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., No. 24-CV-06628 (MMG), 2025 WL 2774406 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 29, 2025) (Judge Margaret M. Garnett).

The end of September marks the conclusion of another reporting period for the federal courts under the Civil Justice Reform Act, and thus this week’s edition is especially meaty. This made it difficult to

There was no notable decision this week for us to highlight, but the courts were certainly still busy tackling the full spectrum of ERISA-related issues. Read on to learn about (1) another setback for plan participants challenging the transfer of their pensions to the allegedly risky annuity provider Athene (Bueno v. GE); (2)