December 13, 2025
New Jersey District Court Throws Out PBM-Related Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Against Plan Trustees for Lack of Article III Standing
Written by Steve Herman
December 13, 2025
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Reverses Insurer’s “Pre-Existing Condition” Denial of Disability Benefits
Written by Steve Herman
November 10, 2025
U.S. District Court in California Certifies Narrow Class (Due to Article III Standing Issues) for Damages under ERISA (and RICO) for Inflated Balance-Billing Practices
Written by Steve Herman
July 9, 2025
U.S. Fifth Circuit Finds that Life Insurer Waived Right to Cancel Policy By Continuing to Accept Premiums for Over Two Years
Written by Steve Herman
June 6, 2025
U.S. Ninth Circuit Requires Heightened Scrutiny for the Knowing and Voluntary Waiver or Release of ERISA Claims
Written by Steve Herman
April 17, 2025
U.S. Supreme Court Allows Allegations of Prohibited Transactions to Survive a Motion to Dismiss, Irrespective of the Exceptions that Might be Pleaded by the Defendant as Affirmative Defenses
Written by Steve Herman
September 27, 2024
U.S. Fifth Circuit Reverses District Court and Awards Benefits to ERISA Plan Participant for Hospitalization
Written by Steve Herman
July 30, 2024
U.S. Fifth Circuit Affirms Standing Beyond Participant’s Own Employer’s Plan for (b)(3) Class, While Reversing Certification of (b)(1) Class Where Primary Relief Sought is Damages
Written by Steve Herman
January 31, 2024
U.S. Fifth Circuit Finds that Service Provider is Not a Fiduciary Nor a Party-in-Interest When Entering Into Annuity Contract and Collecting a Surrender Fee
Written by Steve Herman
October 26, 2023
U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Southern District of Texas Recommends Certification of (b)(1) ERISA Class, Despite Challenges to Absent Class Member Standing and Adequacy of Representation
Written by Steve Herman