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Latest News in Benefits

  • April 03, 2026

    6th Circ. Backs Toss Of Construction Co.'s Union Fund Fight

    The Sixth Circuit on Friday said it won't revive a construction company's lawsuit alleging that trustees for an International Union of Operating Engineers local's fringe and health benefit funds refused to accept its contributions, ruling that the dispute needs to be taken up with the National Labor Relations Board.

  • April 03, 2026

    Anthem, Wells Fargo Say Patients Received All Benefits Owed

    Insurers urged a Colorado federal judge to allow them to escape claims from a mental health and substance use treatment facilities operator's lawsuit, alleging the facility lacks standing to bring claims under federal benefits and mental health parity laws.

  • April 03, 2026

    Yellow Corp. Gets OK For Most Of $1.4B Pension Deals

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge has mostly approved settlements that trucking company Yellow Corp. struck to resolve $7.4 billion worth of pension fund claims, finding three of the deals were outside the range of reasonableness but the other 12 were acceptable. 

  • April 03, 2026

    Northwestern Can't Escape ERISA Fight Over Health Offerings

    An Illinois federal court refused to toss a proposed class action against Northwestern University alleging excessive employee healthcare costs violated federal benefits law, concluding ex-workers had sufficiently backed up their allegations that an expensive plan option breached fiduciary duties.

  • April 03, 2026

    Ex-Mass. House Ethics Chair Fights Pension Loss Over Fraud

    A former state lawmaker who once chaired the Massachusetts House Ethics Committee says his conviction on fraud charges should not cost him his state pension, and has brought a complaint seeking judicial review of a lower court's forfeiture order.

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