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Latest News in Benefits

  • December 16, 2025

    DOD To Reevaluate Discharges Over COVID Vax Refusal

    The U.S. Department of Defense said on Tuesday that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered a reevaluation of the discharge status of service members who were involuntarily removed from the military after they refused to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. 

  • December 16, 2025

    4 Big Benefits Policy Moves From 2025's 2nd Half

    President Donald Trump signed an order aimed at expanding retirement plans' access to investing in a wider range of assets in 401(k) plans, while the government hit the brakes on the previous administration's effort to expand the definition of who is a fiduciary under federal benefits law. Here are four significant policy moves from the latter half of 2025 that benefits attorneys should know. 

  • December 16, 2025

    United Airlines Kept Shoddy Fund In $11.8B 401(k), Suit Says

    United Airlines shirked federal benefits law by allowing an underperforming investment fund to weigh down its $11.8 billion retirement plan, according to a proposed class action a worker filed in Illinois federal court Tuesday.

  • December 16, 2025

    $1.4M Deal In Workers' 401(k) Fee Suit Gets Initial OK

    A California federal judge gave initial approval to a $1.4 million settlement that would end claims that security firm Allied Universal levied excessive fees on its workers' retirement accounts.

  • December 16, 2025

    WorldQuant Predictive Technologies Sues Ex-CEO, Lawyer

    The ousted CEO of WorldQuant Predictive Technologies LLC and his attorney brought vexatious lawsuits against the company as part of an effort to dodge an arbitrator's $691,000 award in favor of the AI-driven business solutions provider, the company says in a lawsuit in Connecticut state court.

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