Yellen Warns of Growing ‘Fiscal Dominance’ Threat to US Economy
A panel of economic luminaries said the long-run risk posed by mounting federal debt represented a paramount problem facing the US economy.
Benefits & Executive Compensation
Five Retirement Rules to Watch From Benefits Regulator in 2026
The Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration shifted dramatically in 2025 as the Trump administration derailed several Biden-era rules and priorities and began setting its own goals.
Meijer Can Use Forfeited Funds to Lower ERISA Plan Contributions
Weight-Loss Drug Suits Test Health Insurer Coverage Decisions
A series of class actions over the exclusion of coverage for GLP-1 weight loss drugs is testing several legal strategies against how health insurance plans decide which drugs to cover and why.
Schlichter Bogard Launches Wave of Suits on Voluntary Benefits
A series of class actions filed Tuesday accuse employers and benefits consultants of neglect and self-dealing in voluntary benefits.
Snap-On Sued Over Management of $1 Billion Retirement Fund
A global tool manufacturer faces proposed class action claims that the company failed to properly maintain its 401(K) savings plan, ignoring allegedly low-performing investment options that should have been removed.
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Bezos, Catz, Dell Cash Out Billions as 2025’s Top Inside Sellers
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Five Retirement Rules to Watch From Benefits Regulator in 2026
The Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration shifted dramatically in 2025 as the Trump administration derailed several Biden-era rules and priorities and began setting its own goals.
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View MoreCase: Health Care & Benefits/Timeliness (E.D. Pa.)
The court granted UPMC Health Plan Inc. and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center summary judgment on out-of-network provider Abira Medical Laboratories LLC’s breach of contract and unjust enrichment claims, and granted Abira summary judgment on UPMC’s counterclaims. Abira Med. Labs. LLC v. UPMC Health Plan Inc., 2025 BL 393062, E.D. Pa., 24-cv-0227, 11/3/25
Case: Retirement Plans/Procedure (D. Mass.)
The court denied Arrow Mutual Liability Insurance Company and The Arrow Mutual 401(k) Plan’s motion to dismiss this ERISA action alleging wrongful withholding of Arrow’s late President and CEO’s employer contribution sub-account. Gray v. Arrow Mut. Liab. Ins. Co., 2025 BL 390109, D. Mass., 25-10054-NMG, 10/29/25
Case: Health Care & Benefits/Long-Term Disability Benefits (W.D. Ky.)
The court granted in part and denied in part LINA’s motion for administrative remand and stay of proceedings in an employee’s ERISA action challenging the denial of her long-term disability benefits. Chalk v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am., 2025 BL 384848, W.D. Ky., 3:25-cv-133-RGJ, 10/27/25