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
Cannon v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mass., No. 24-1862, __ F. 4th __, 2025 WL 855194 (1st Cir. Mar. 19, 2025) (Before Circuit Judges Aframe, Lynch, and Howard)
As our readers undoubtedly know, ERISA contains a notably broad preemption provision designed to ensure that, for the most part, employee benefits are
Unlike employee contributions, employer contributions to 401(k) plans do not immediately vest, but instead do so under plan and ERISA vesting provisions, generally after three to five years of service with the employer. What happens to these contributions when employees leave covered employment before that time is at the center of numerous recently-filed lawsuits, including