It was a slow week for ERISA cases in the federal courts last week, with no standout decision. However, the courts did touch on some interesting topics, including whether a health insurance plan has a fiduciary duty to negotiate with providers (Mejia v. Credence Management Solutions), whether a potential beneficiary under a life
After the flood of end-of-reporting-period decisions issued over the past several weeks, the tide has turned. This week we report on only eight cases. So relax and enjoy reading this week’s short but interesting selection of ERISA decisions, including one holding that 401(k) plan participants have adequately stated excessive fee claims, another reluctantly holding that
Although we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day this week, no one case had the luck of the Irish to be crowned our Notable Decision. Nevertheless, we should all raise a pint to the federal courts, who were busy this week issuing plenty of interesting decisions, all of which you can read about below.
They include a