Hughes v. Northwestern Univ., No. 18-2569, __ F. 4th __, 2023 WL 2607921 (7th Cir. Mar. 23, 2023) (Before Circuit Judges Sykes, Hamilton, and Brennan)

Last year we reported on the Supreme Court’s decision in Hughes v. Northwestern University, No. 19-1401, 142 S. Ct. 737, 2022 WL 199351 (U.S. Jan. 24, 2022)

American Sec. Ass’n v. United States Dep’t of Labor, No. 8:22-cv-330-VMC-CPT, 2023 WL 1967573 (M.D. Fla. Feb. 13, 2023) (Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington)

It makes sense that a court may vacate an ERISA regulation that it determines is an arbitrary and capricious exercise of the Department of Labor’s authority. But does it make

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