The federal courts were quite busy this week, despite the MLK Day holiday, issuing numerous rulings on procedural and substantive issues across the ERISA spectrum. No one case stood out, but there is something for almost everyone in the cases discussed below.
Read on to learn about (1) a tough week for disability claimants (they
Nevada Resort Ass’n-Int’l Alliance of Theatrical Stage Emps. & Moving Picture Mach. Operators of the US & Canada Loc. 720 Pension Tr. v. JB Viva Vegas, LP, No. 24-2791, __ F.4th __, 2026 WL 32577 (9th Cir. Jan. 6, 2026) (Before Circuit Judges Rawlinson, Miller, and Desai)
In a first for Your ERISA Watch
Walker Specialty Constr., Inc. v. Board of Trs. of Constr. Indus. & Laborers Joint Pension Tr. for S. Nevada, No. 24-1560, __ F.4th __, 2026 WL 21743 (9th Cir. Jan. 5, 2026) (Before Circuit Judges Rawlinson, Miller, and Desai)
Here at Your ERISA Watch we generally leave the withdrawal liability and unpaid contributions cases