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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

  • June 26, 2026

    DOL Says $5B ERISA Trust Lost Millions On Shoddy Funds

    The U.S. Department of Labor sued an employee benefit trust services company in Texas federal court, alleging the company and its executives breached fiduciary duties of prudence and loyalty by failing to safeguard over $5 billion in employee retirement assets.

  • June 26, 2026

    Ingram Micro Investor Sues Over Margin Loan To PE Owner

    An institutional investor has brought a derivative lawsuit in Delaware's Chancery Court accusing California technology company Ingram Micro Holding Corp.'s controlling stockholder of exploiting its power to facilitate a margin loan that put stockholders at risk of major losses and violated the company's trading policy.

  • June 26, 2026

    Bricklayers Funds Bring ERISA Suits Against Masonry Cos.

    Two Michigan masonry contractors and their owners have been hit with federal lawsuits accusing them of failing to pay required union fringe benefit contributions, with one company allegedly owing more than $194,000 after an audit.

  • June 26, 2026

    5 ERISA Cases To Keep An Eye On In The Second Half Of 2026

    A U.S. Supreme Court challenge to Intel Corp.'s 401(k) investment lineup tops the list of cases benefits attorneys will be watching this summer and fall, though appeals involving health plan tobacco fees, plan forfeiture spending and a potential Eleventh Circuit precedent shift are also top of mind. Here, Law360 looks at five ERISA cases that attorneys should have on their radar as 2026 rolls on.

  • June 26, 2026

    Fla. Judge Won't Lift Asset Freeze In $91M Fake Benefits Suit

    A Florida federal judge declined a request to lift a freeze on two siblings' assets after the Federal Trade Commission accused them of orchestrating a $91 million fraudulent health benefits scheme, ruling they need to find other ways to pay their attorneys.

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