ERISA Litigation Is a Hot Mess – What Can Be Done?
All civil actions brought in the federal courts are governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure1 For decades, though, courts have fashioned unique civil procedures for ERISA cases that have limited the availability of trials, the right of litigants to take discovery, and courts have even created a means of disposing of litigation that deviates from the requirement that courts are to issue final judgments of conclusive character. […]