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• December 05, 2025

  BofA Says Northrop 401(k) Suit Toss Backs 4th Circ. Appeal

  Bank of America urged a North Carolina federal court Friday to let it appeal an earlier decision denying dismissal of a proposed class action alleging forfeitures were misspent from workers' employee 401(k) plan, arguing a Virginia federal court's decision tossing similar claims against Northrop Grumman supported its bid.

• December 05, 2025

  ERISA Recap: 4 Rulings Worth Paying Attention To From Nov.

  The Ninth Circuit striking down a class action win for transgender employee health plan participants who said their gender-affirming care denials were discriminatory is just one noteworthy Employee Retirement Income Security Act ruling from November. Here's a recap of that ruling and three others.

• December 05, 2025

  Mortgage Insurer's $650K ERISA Deal Clears First Hurdle

  A North Carolina federal judge gave the initial nod Friday to a $650,000 deal a mortgage insurance company reached with a worker to close a proposed class action claiming the business didn't do enough to prevent a retirement profit sharing plan from facing a $1.3 million loss.

• December 05, 2025

  Divided DC Circ. Backs Trump's NLRB, MSPB Firings

  A split D.C. Circuit panel on Friday upheld President Donald Trump's firings of two labor agency officials in spite of their statutory job protections, saying they wield enough executive power that Congress can't restrict the president's authority to fire them.

• December 04, 2025

  Snap Investors' $65M Deal OK'd, But Attys Face 'Cheap' Judge

  A California federal judge said Thursday he will grant preliminary approval of a $65 million deal to resolve a proposed securities class action against Snapchat, but warned the plaintiffs' side they will "have to see" about the request for 30% of the settlement in attorney fees because he is "notoriously cheap."

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