/benefits?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Benefits Copyright 2025 ĂŰĚŇĘÓƵ. en-US Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:49:05 +0000 /benefits/articles/2360934?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2360934 The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday clarified the question presented in a case it recently agreed to take up over the methodology for calculating businesses' liability for pulling out of multiemployer pension plans. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 22:36:19 +0000 /benefits/articles/2360584?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2360584 A New York federal judge Wednesday preliminarily approved a settlement in which Pentegra Retirement Services agreed to pay nearly $10 million more than a $38.8 million jury verdict awarded to a 27,000-member class of 401(k) plan participants who challenged the plan's excessive administrative fees. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 21:57:31 +0000 /benefits/articles/2360499?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2360499 A Teamsters local sought to nix Kroger's attempt to dismiss allegations that the grocery giant won't arbitrate a grievance about health insurance coverage for a worker's family members, telling a Kansas federal judge the company can't raise claims about arbitrability at this point in the proceeding. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:50:16 +0000 /benefits/articles/2360223?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2360223 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday that will provide $1.7 million in compensation to a man wrongfully convicted of armed robbery who served 34 years in prison before his release in 2023. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:14:59 +0000 /benefits/articles/2360637?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2360637 Lead attorneys at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Justice Department will head a working group focused on enforcement of the False Claims Act, government officials announced Wednesday. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:04:50 +0000 /benefits/articles/2360185?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2360185 The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Kennedy v. Braidwood last week, ruling that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary has authority over an Affordable Care Act preventive care task force, risks harming the credibility of the task force and could open the door to politicians dictating clinical recommendations, says Michael Kolber at Manatt. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:07:42 +0000 /benefits/articles/2359493?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2359493 Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:22:28 +0000 /benefits/articles/2360438?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2360438 The Sixth Circuit has ruled that Cigna did not have to face an unjust enrichment lawsuit brought against it by two Tennessee hospitals alleging the insurer underpaid them for out-of-network emergency services, backing a lower court's dismissal order. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:05:53 +0000 /benefits/articles/2352368?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2352368 After justices and oral advocates spent much of an argument pummeling a lower court's writing talents, one attorney suggested it might be time to move on — only to be told the drubbing had barely begun. Here, Law360 showcases the standout jests and wisecracks from the 2024-25 U.S. Supreme Court term. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:38:18 +0000 /benefits/articles/2360460?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2360460 The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday narrowly struck down an 1849 statute criminalizing abortion, finding that the law has been effectively replaced by more modern legislation regulating the procedure. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:44:55 +0000 /benefits/articles/2359913?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2359913 A federal judge in Des Moines has temporarily blocked an Iowa law regulating pharmacy benefit managers, delivering a significant victory to a coalition of local businesses that argued the statute overstepped federal authority and infringed on free speech. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:19:47 +0000 /benefits/articles/2359946?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2359946 The term's sharpest dissents often looked beyond perceived flaws in majority reasoning to raise existential concerns about the role and future of the court, with the justices accusing one another of rewarding executive branch lawlessness, harming faith in the judiciary and threatening democracy, sometimes on an emergency basis with little briefing or explanation. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:19:30 +0000 /benefits/articles/2359325?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2359325 An Illinois federal judge narrowed a proposed federal benefits class action against an automotive lighting company from an ex-worker, but allowed allegations to proceed to discovery alleging the company misspent 401(k) forfeitures and failed to properly notify workers about a health plan tobacco surcharge. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:09:42 +0000 /benefits/articles/2359236?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2359236 The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to limit nationwide injunctions was one of its biggest rulings of the term — a finding the court is likely going to be dealing with all summer. Here, Law360 takes a look at the decision, how it and other cases on the emergency docket overshadowed much of the court's other work, and what it all means for the months to come. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:49:56 +0000 /benefits/articles/2359840?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2359840 Insurers who have stopped writing workers' compensation policies but are still paying on older claims in Massachusetts are entitled to partial reimbursement from a state trust fund created to offset the higher costs of covering some individuals, because the money comes from employers rather than the insurers, the state's highest court concluded on Tuesday. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:47:26 +0000 /benefits/articles/2359549?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2359549 A former Amazon employee cannot show that she was fired because she requested to take military leave or because she needed to care for her son, a New York federal judge ruled, saying she can't rebut the company's argument that she was fired for violating security protocol. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:50:38 +0000 /benefits/articles/2351984?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2351984 Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:32:19 +0000 /benefits/articles/2358704?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2358704 In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference in its Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision, a few patterns have emerged in lower courts’ application of the precedent to determine whether agency actions are lawful, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:16:09 +0000 /benefits/articles/2359776?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2359776 Anthem has agreed to pay about $12.9 million to end a proposed class action alleging the insurer's coverage denials for inpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatments violated federal benefits and mental health parity laws, according to New York federal court filings. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:12:37 +0000 /benefits/articles/2359421?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2359421 A man can't bring securities fraud claims against Allianz SE after one of the German financial services giant's former businesses pled guilty to investment fund fraud and was ordered to pay roughly $6 billion, the Ninth Circuit ruled, finding he failed to sufficiently allege Allianz SE itself acted fraudulently.