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Benefits Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on employee benefits and executive compensation law. Coverage includes benefits-related litigation — including Employee Retirement Income Security Act suits and tax and compliance issues over executive compensation — as well as legislative and regulatory activity.
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Latest News in Benefits
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April 10, 2026
11th Circ. Sinks Firm's $1.5M Win Over 'Illegal' ESOP Advice
The Eleventh Circuit threw out a $1.5 million verdict awarded to a financial advisory firm that alleged its former client backed out of an employee stock ownership plan contract, ruling Friday that the firm could not recover for the cost of the "illegal investment advice" it furnished.
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April 10, 2026
Compass Group Workers Get Cert. For Tobacco Fee Suit
Former employees for food service company Compass Group USA have secured class certification for their Missouri federal lawsuit claiming the company's $48 bi-weekly health insurance fee for tobacco using-workers violates federal law.
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April 10, 2026
Chicago Plumbing Co. Defying Arbitration Order, Suit Says
A Chicago plumbing company is refusing to follow all the terms of an arbitration award ordering it to obtain a dual wage and fringe benefit bond with a labor union, a lawsuit filed in Illinois federal court has claimed.
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April 10, 2026
Trump Order Signals Tougher Benefits Fraud Probes
A recent order from President Donald Trump establishing a federal taskforce for addressing fraud in federally funded benefit programs emphasizes interagency information sharing, potentially affecting a broad range of areas including government contracts, administrative law considerations and False Claims Act cases, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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April 10, 2026
Feds Say Pot Opponents Lack Injury In CMS Hemp Suit
Federal health regulators have urged a D.C. federal judge to toss a bid by anti-cannabis activists to block a program to ease access for Medicare beneficiaries to federally legal hemp products that have small amounts of THC.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- ERISA class actions
- Executive compensation disputes
- Health benefits suits
- Retirement benefits suits
- Worker misclassification actions
- Tax disputes over retirement plans and executive compensation
- Workers’ compensation suits
- AGENCIES
- Internal Revenue Service
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- U.S. Department of Labor
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act
- Family and Medical Leave Act
- Affordable Care Act
- State and federal employee benefits and executive compensation legislation and regulation
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of employee benefits practices
Readership
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Human resources professionals
- Labor union leaders and members
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals