Case: Labor Relations/Pension Benefits (D. Mass.)

Martin Sports & Entertainment LLC, the company that produced the Boston Bruins’ Fan Fest before the 2019 National Hockey League playoffs, isn’t entitled to dismissal of a lawsuit seeking unpaid pension and 401(k) contributions on behalf of union stagehands who worked the event, a federal court in Massachusetts ruled. Martin Sports conceded that it signed a collective bargaining agreement mandating retirement contributions based on hours worked at the Bruins’ Fan Fest, and its challenge to the court’s jurisdiction to hear this claim lacks merit, the court stated. Martin Sports offered affidavits in support of its summary judgment motion that didn’t ...