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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.

Bolton v. Inland Fresh Seafood Corp. of Am., Inc., No. 24-10084, __ F.4th __, 2025 WL 2924493 (11th Cir. Oct. 15, 2025) (Before Circuit Judges Jordan and Jill Pryor, and District Judge Federico A. Moreno)

If you want to sue an employee benefit plan because it has denied your claim, federal courts typically require

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