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
In re: Yellow Corp., No. 25-1421, __ F. 4th __, 2025 WL 2647752 (3rd Cir. Sep. 16, 2025) (Before Circuit Judges Shwartz, Montgomery-Reeves, and Ambro)
In response to the financial crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress enacted the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”). Part of this legislation was designed to shore
United Mine Workers of Am. 1974 Pension Plan v. Energy W. Mining Co., No. 20-7054, __ F. 4th __, 2022 WL 2568025 (D.C. Cir. Jul. 8, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Rao, Walker, and Sentelle).
We have rarely selected a withdrawal liability case as the Case of the Week, but this decision from the D.C. Circuit siding, with a mining company that withdrew from a multiemployer defined benefit pension plan, is an interesting exception.
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