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
Utah v. Micone, No. 2:23-CV-016-Z, __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2025 WL 510331 (N.D. Tex. Feb. 14, 2025) (Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk)
On Valentine’s Day, Judge Kacsmaryk issued what to many was a surprising decision affirming the validity of the most recent regulation on a fiduciary’s consideration of non-pecuniary factors in making investment option
There is something for everyone in this edition of Your ERISA Watch, as the federal courts touched on seemingly every facet of ERISA in the past week.
There are decisions on the merits in cases seeking medical benefits (K.A. v. United Healthcare Ins. Co. and K.K. v. Premera Blue Cross), disability benefits