Should there be jury trials in Employee Retirement Income Security Act benefit denial cases? A recent ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Phillips v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada,[1] has reopened the debate […]
Unlike most industrialized countries, the U.S. does not provide universal government-sponsored health insurance coverage to all of its citizens and residents. Instead, most Americans receive coverage through their employer, while older Americans and people of lesser means receive either Medicare or Medicaid benefits. […]
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act impacts hundreds of millions of Americans who participate in employee benefit plans sponsored by their employers. However, as Graham v. Board of Ed. Of City of Chicago, 2021 WL 3508563 (7th Cir. Aug. 10, 2021), recently pointed out, ERISA doesn’t cover all employer-sponsored plans […]
Our Founding Partner, Mark Debofsky, had the honor recently to be guest on Marc Siegel’s Consult the Negotiator Podcast […]
More than 45 years after the Employee Retirement Income Security Act’s passage, the reach of ERISA preemption is still being litigated, as illustrated by a July 28 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit […]
A July 7 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has potentially created a large loophole in multiemployer welfare and pension plans’ ability to collect delinquent contributions from successor organizations or to impose withdrawal liability on successors […]