Spence v. American Airlines, Inc., No. 4:23-cv-00552-O, 2024 WL 3092453 (N.D. Tex. Jun. 20, 2024) (Judge Reed O’Connor)

There has been a great deal of controversy engendered by corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, and ERISA-governed benefit plans are becoming a big part of that debate. Corporations have increasingly focused not only on

S. Coast Specialty Surgery Ctr. v. Blue Cross of Cal., No. 22-55717, __ F. 4th __, 2024 WL 105317 (9th Cir. Jan. 10, 2024) (Before Circuit Judges Graber, Mendoza, Jr., and Desai).

South Coast Specialty Surgery Center sought reimbursement from Blue Cross of California, the insurer and claims administrator under a number of

Happy New Year to all our readers. Your ERISA Watch will be a little different for the next few months because our staff writer, Emily Payson, is on maternity leave with her first child (and the first grandchild for Your ERISA Watch co-editor Elizabeth Hopkins). We will continue to have a case of the week