Employment and benefit-related court cases

With the potential for additional state and local laws, the challenge of complying with all of them is only going to get harder, says attorney Terry Lang Jr.

How some common employer policies are violating NLRB rules, says attorney Jeffrey Kopp.

How some common employer policies are violating NLRB rules, says attorney Jeffrey Kopp.

More and more lawsuits are being filed to challenge plan fees and investments, underscoring the need for a new law.

Plan sponsors should adopt fiduciary best practices to avoid a lawsuit, advises attorney Carol Buckmann.

The measure’s provisions have become most controversial and are being challenged in a Texas lawsuit brought by eight employer groups.

The measure’s provisions have become most controversial and are being challenged in a Texas lawsuit brought by eight employer groups.

Zenefits reached its first settlement with a state government over its use of unlicensed health insurance brokers, an issue that prompted investigations in at least three other states and led its founding chief executive officer to resign this year.

A Massachusetts district court recently ruled that two affiliated private equity funds were liable for the unfunded vested benefits owed to a multiemployer pension fund by its bankrupt portfolio company.

Following a suit filed in federal court, employers are advised to be careful about how they communicate changes to employees’ hours.

Following a suit filed in New York federal court, employers are advised to be extremely careful about how they communicate changes to employees’ hours.

MetLife beat back a U.S. attempt to label it too big to fail, which would’ve put America’s biggest life insurer under tougher government scrutiny and forced it to put more money in reserves.

For labor unions, the death of Justice Antoin Scalia is is truly an instance of deus ex machina — a miraculous ending that doesn’t fit the rest of the play.

Benefit plan sponsors will have to be more careful about recording workers’ hours and paying appropriate compensation.

From the Affordable Care Act to the EEOC’s retaliation guidance, the world of benefits law is always rapidly evolving, says lawyer Richard Meneghello.

Justice Antonin Scalia’s death and ACA developments have created legal uncertainties that employers and their advisers should know about.

Merrick Brian Garland, President Obama’s nominee for Supreme Court Justice, is considered a moderate, but at least one business group is expressing concerns about his record as an appellate court judge.

In the first case of its kind, a federal court in New York City has recently given employers some potential instruction on how it views the inevitable interplay between the ERISA and the ACA.

When it comes to producing documents in employment litigation, the deck is usually stacked in favor of the employee, except in unusual situations when an employee is squirreling away documents in an effort to build a case against the employer.

The Supreme Court Justice’s passing calls into question the future of some benefits-related decisions.