Federal judge rejects challenge to 'financial advice' regulations
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Wednesday rejected a challenge by the US Chamber of Commerce to a rule governing retirement investment advice. The regulation requires...
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company against a 2005 Vermont health care law that required health insurance providers to release data regarding the amount paid on...
JURIST Guest Columnist John W. Klinker of Loyola University Chicago School of Law discusses how the decision in Montanile potentially creates a precedent that could affect the funding of welfare benefit plans... A common term in welfare benefit plans establishes...
Supreme Court: insurer cannot recover 'nontraceable' settlement funds under ERISA
The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an insurer cannot recover equitable relief under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) for settlement funds a participant has already spent. The court found that nontraceable...
Supreme Court hears arguments on ERISA preemption of state statute
The US Supreme Court hears oral arguments Wednesday in Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company to determine whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempts a Vermont statute in setting...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday dealing with an Employee Retirement and Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) fiduciary filing a lawsuit against a participant to recover overpayment. The court in Montanile v....
Supreme Court agrees to hear affirmative action, 3 other cases
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases. In Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin , Abigail Fisher brought suit against the University of Texas at Austin (UT...
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Henderson v. United States that individuals convicted of felonies may transfer firearms to independent third parties or have them sold. The court reversed the decision [opinion,...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Tibble v. Edison International that the timeliness of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) fiduciary duty claim over investments does not...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in two cases titled Kansas v. Carr , consolidating them for oral argument. These cases examine whether the Eighth Amendment right to an "individualized...
