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What's New in the Courts

January 7, 2026

U.S. Fifth Circuit Holds that Plan Sponsor May Sue Third-Party Administrator of Welfare Benefit Plan Under ERISA for Mismanagement of Plan and Breach of Master Services Agreement, Reconfirming Distinction Between Actions Against Fiduciaries and Non-Fiduciaries

Written by Steve Herman
January 7, 2026

U.S. Fifth Circuit Denies Attorneys’ Fees to ERISA Participant Who Was Precluded from Recovering the Review and Benefits to which He Was Entitled by Failing to Timely Appeal

Written by Steve Herman
December 13, 2025

U.S. Fifth Circuit Confirms that Adequate Representation Can Exist Even Where Some Classmembers Might Fall Into More than One Subclass

Written by Steve Herman
December 13, 2025

Arizona Adds Guidance to Rule 3.3 Comments Regarding Potential “Deep Fakes”

Written by Steve Herman
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
December 8, 2025

ABA Issues Formal Opinion on the Disclosure Permitted, and Not Permitted, Upon Withdrawal from Representation

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
November 9, 2025

U.S. Fifth Circuit Rejects Cross-Jurisdictional Tolling Based on Federal Class Action for Cases Initially Filed in Texas State Court

Written by Steve Herman
September 23, 2025

Southern District of New York Finds Evidence that Reed Smith Was Used to Advance Fraud on Arbitration Panel Traversing Privilege under Crime-Fraud Exception

Written by Steve Herman