The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday revived a class action by 28,000 Cornell University employees accusing the Ivy League ...

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Cornell employees challenging excessive 401(k) fees. Here’s what the ERISA decision means ...

The nine justices reversed previous decisions by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, New York, and a U.S. federal district ...

In a unanimous decision, the justices take a worker-friendly approach on behalf of 28,000 employees who accused the ...

Notwithstanding its mounting backlog, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved only one case today, an unsurprising unanimous decision ...

ERISA breach of fiduciary duty class actions have surged in recent years, prompting courts to grapple with complex questions about how these ...

In a unanimous decision, the nation’s highest court has made a clear delineation as to who bears the burden of proof in ERISA litigation — and it’s not likely to slow the current pace.

Cunningham v. Cornell University will not go into the history books as one of the most important 30 decisions of the 2024-25 term. The case involves a technical problem about pleading standards under ...

September 2, 1974, Gerald Ford signed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) into law. ERISA governs the ...

This litigation surge surfaced on Law.com Radar, which detected a 297% spike in claims for disability benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

The telecom giant is one of the latest employers to get sued for using forfeited plan funds from departed employees to pay ...

While the court does not discount class counsel’s hard work and effort to obtain an immediate and guaranteed benefit to ...