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Benefits

  • May 29, 2025

    Express Scripts Says Arkansas Can't Ban PBM Pharmacies

    Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts sued the state of Arkansas in federal court Thursday, alleging that the state's recently enacted law banning PBMs from owning pharmacies in the state violated the U.S. Constitution and ran afoul of federal law governing military employee benefits.

  • May 29, 2025

    Delaware Justices Asked To Review Corporate Law Rework

    A biopharmaceutical company stockholder has sought direct certification of a derivative suit to Delaware's Supreme Court, asking for state constitutional review of legislation approved in March that limits avenues for challenges to some corporate acts.

  • May 29, 2025

    7th Circ. Probes Hartford's Denial Of Benefits To Ex-PwC Exec

    A Seventh Circuit panel weighing Thursday whether to restore long-term disability benefits to an ex- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP executive with fibromyalgia asked her attorney and counsel for the insurer that denied benefits if the lower court should have considered prior claim history and a consultant's report finding her condition precluded "meaningful employment."

  • May 29, 2025

    Investors Can't Shield $66M Life Policies During State Rehab

    Premiums due on unmatured PHL Variable Insurance Co. policies held by three investment companies do not qualify as debts under Connecticut's insurance rehabilitation statute, a state trial court judge has ruled, rejecting the companies' attempts to protect separate matured policies worth $66 million.

  • May 29, 2025

    Judge Can't Buy Military Service Credits, NJ Panel Says

    A New Jersey appellate panel Thursday backed the state pension board's determination that a workers' compensation judge can't buy 36 months of service credits based on his prior military service, ruling that the statute governing his pension does not allow for such a purchase.

  • May 29, 2025

    Senate Committee Sets June Hearing For Trump's EBSA Pick

    The Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing in early June on President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration, according to a news release Thursday. 

  • May 28, 2025

    Del. Justices Won't Revive Raytheon Incentive Plan Suit

    Delaware's highest court on Wednesday declined to revive a derivative suit accusing Raytheon Technologies Corp. directors of wrongly allowing a special committee to change an employee pension plan without stockholder approval, citing no support for alleged bylaw breaches or need for a stockholder vote.

  • May 28, 2025

    Texas Lawyer Fined $6K For Fake AI Citations In ERISA Suit

    An Indiana federal judge on Wednesday fined a Texas attorney $6,000 for filing three separate briefs using generative artificial intelligence that included fake citations in an ERISA case, imposing a personal sanction that was less than half the $15,000 fine a magistrate judge recommended.

  • May 28, 2025

    Amtrak Worker Admits To Part In $11M Benefits Fraud Scheme

    A New Jersey-based Amtrak employee has pled guilty to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the passenger railroad's health plan for an estimated $11 million in benefits, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey announced Wednesday.

  • May 28, 2025

    DOL Tells 5th Circ. It Will Craft New ESG Rule For 401(k) Plans

    The U.S. Department of Labor told the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday that it will launch new rulemaking and move "as expeditiously as possible" to replace Biden administration regulations on whether fiduciaries can consider issues like climate change and social justice when choosing retirement plan investments.

  • May 28, 2025

    Feds Urge Supreme Court To Let 10th Circ. PBM Ruling Stand

    The federal government urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to take up the state of Oklahoma's challenge to a Tenth Circuit decision that found parts of a law regulating pharmacy benefit managers were preempted by federal benefits and healthcare laws, arguing the case doesn't warrant further review from the justices.

  • May 28, 2025

    Class Counsel Get $6M Fees In Corteva Benefits Info Suit

    Attorneys handling a retirement benefits class action against chemical companies Corteva Inc. and DuPont have been awarded approximately $6 million in fees and just over $389,000 to cover litigation costs, according to a Pennsylvania federal judge's order.

  • May 28, 2025

    DOL Rescinds Warning Against Crypto In 401(k) Plans

    The U.S. Department of Labor on Wednesday rescinded guidance by former President Joe Biden's administration that warned against crypto offerings in 401(k) plans, which had sparked a legal challenge from a 401(k) provider against the agency.

  • May 27, 2025

    CMS Heightens Medicaid Oversight For Immigrant Care

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Tuesday said it is ramping up its financial oversight of states to detect misuse of federal Medicaid dollars, telling states it will seek to recoup federal funds spent on nonemergent care for "illegal aliens."

  • May 27, 2025

    Morgan Lewis Guides NYC's $5B Equity Sale To Blackstone

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has helped guide the New York City pension system's sale of $5 billion of private equity holdings to Blackstone Inc. in a transaction that the city says is one of the nation's largest ever pension-led secondary sales of its kind.

  • May 27, 2025

    Conn. Firefighters Say Age Bias Taints Retirement Program

    Connecticut's municipal employee pension system unlawfully barred a group of firefighters with over two decades of service from participating in a deferred retirement program because they're under 55 years old, the workers and their union claimed in a federal lawsuit.

  • May 27, 2025

    6th Circ. Urged To Revive FedEx, Kellogg Pension Suits

    FedEx and Kellogg retirees urged the Sixth Circuit to revive two proposed class actions alleging their ex-employers' use of outdated actuarial assumptions shortchanged the value of their pension annuity benefits, arguing that definitions of the term "actuarial equivalent" from the time federal benefits law was enacted supported their appeals.

  • May 27, 2025

    Simpson Thacher Adds Benefits Attorney From Cravath In NY

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced Tuesday it has expanded its New York office with the addition of an attorney specializing in taxation and executive compensation, who moved her practice after more than eight years with Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP.

  • May 27, 2025

    United Inks Tentative Contract With Flight Attendants Union

    A union representing 28,000 United Airlines flight attendants has struck a tentative deal with the airline on a five-year employment contract, hailing the agreement as a "historic" pact that comes with a pay bump and other benefits for its workers.

  • May 23, 2025

    Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar

    This past year, a handful of attorneys secured billions of dollars in settlements and judgments for both classes and individual plaintiffs against massive companies and organizations like Facebook, Dell, the National Association of Realtors, Johnson & Johnson, UFC and Credit Suisse, earning them recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2025.

  • May 23, 2025

    SEC Cracks Door For Retail Entry Into Private Funds

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is exploring increasing retail access to private funds, marking one of several pivotal shifts the watchdog is considering that would widen public exposure to the vast but less regulated world of private markets.

  • May 23, 2025

    McMahon Tries To Limit Misconduct Docs In WWE Merger Suit

    The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has pushed back against efforts to force him to hand over documents relating to his alleged sexual misconduct and hush money payments in a class action over the company's merger with Ultimate Fighting Championship, telling the Delaware Chancery Court they are irrelevant to the shareholders' suit.

  • May 23, 2025

    Insurer Accused Of Firing Worker Out Of Pregnancy Bias

    An insurance company reneged on its promise to provide its benefits adviser with paid maternity leave and then fired her not long after she raised several concerns about unpaid commissions, according to a lawsuit removed to North Carolina federal court.

  • May 23, 2025

    Prudential Urges 3rd Circ. To Back Win In 401(k) Suit

    A New Jersey district court correctly tossed a suit in which a class of workers claimed they were shorted millions of dollars in their retirement plans, Prudential told the Third Circuit, arguing that it made cautious decisions in its fiduciary process.

  • May 23, 2025

    Pest Co. Seeks To Stamp Out Workers' Tobacco Fee Case

    Global pest control company Rentokil urged a Pennsylvania federal court to toss a proposed class action claiming it unlawfully charged tobacco users more for health benefits without providing a reasonable way to avoid the fee, arguing it's not the company's fault the workers refused to quit the habit.

Expert Analysis

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work

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    Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.

  • 6 Ways The Dole Act Alters USERRA Employment Protections

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    The recently passed Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act continues a long-standing trend of periodically increasing the scope of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, expanding civilian employment rights for service members and veterans with some of the most significant changes yet, say attorneys at Littler.

  • A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process

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    The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.

  • Series

    Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.

  • How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms

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    Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Opinion

    Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital

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    Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

  • How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition

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    Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate

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    While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.

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    Birding Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Observing and documenting birds in their natural habitats fosters patience, sharpens observational skills and provides moments of pure wonder — qualities that foster personal growth and enrich my legal career, says Allison Raley at Arnall Golden.

  • How The ESG Investing Rule Survived Loper Bright, For Now

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    A Texas federal court's recent decision in Utah v. Micone upholding the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 ESG investing rule highlights how regulations can withstand the post-Loper Bright landscape when an agency's interpretation of its statutorily determined boundaries is not granted deference, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Leadership To BigLaw

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    The move from government service to private practice can feel like changing one’s identity, but as someone who has left the U.S. Department of Justice twice, I’ve learned that a successful transition requires patience, effort and the realization that the rewards of practicing law don’t come from one particular position, says Richard Donoghue at Pillsbury.

  • Law Firm Executive Orders Create A Legal Ethics Minefield

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    Recent executive orders targeting BigLaw firms create ethical dilemmas — and raise the specter of civil or criminal liability — for the government attorneys tasked with implementing them and for the law firms that choose to make agreements with the administration, say attorneys at Buchalter.

  • Firms Must Embrace Alternative Billing Models Or Fall Behind

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    As artificial intelligence tools eliminate inefficiencies and the Big Four accounting firms enter the legal market, law firms that pivot from the entrenched billable hour model to outcomes-based pricing will see a distinct competitive advantage, says attorney William Brewer.

  • How Attorneys Can Master The Art Of On-Camera Presence

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    As attorneys are increasingly presented with on-camera opportunities, they can adapt their traditional legal skills for video contexts — such as virtual client meetings, marketing content or media interviews — by understanding the medium and making intentional adjustments, says Kerry Barrett.

  • Series

    Baseball Fantasy Camp Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    With six baseball fantasy experiences under my belt, I've learned time and again that I didn't make the wrong career choice, but I've also learned that baseball lessons are life lessons, and I'm a better lawyer for my time at St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp, says Scott Felder at Wiley.

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