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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

  • May 05, 2026

    Alcoa, Retirees Reach Deal In 7th Circ. Life Insurance Fight

    Alcoa USA Corp. and a class of retirees told the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday they had reached a tentative settlement in a long-running dispute over union retiree life insurance benefits, asking the court to cancel a scheduled May 20 oral argument while they finalize the deal.

  • May 05, 2026

    Idaho Farmers Group Gets DOL Approval For Health Plan

    The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm cleared the way for the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation to establish a group health plan for its members' employees, determining the proposed plan would be covered by federal benefits law.

  • May 04, 2026

    Exxon Execs Never Pressured Profitability Analysts, Jury Hears

    Former Exxon Chief Executive Rex Tillerson testified Monday that the company's top brass never pressured employees to make the company's holdings seem more profitable than they were, telling a jury in Texas federal court that he stood by the reports the company issued to investors.

  • May 04, 2026

    Ex-Google Worker Says Co. Can't Dodge Cancer Firing Suit

    A former Google Cloud salesman who claims the company fired him during cancer treatment to avoid a nearly $4 million life insurance payout told a Connecticut federal court that Google's latest bid to dismiss his suit should be denied.

  • May 04, 2026

    Hospital Group Calls Anthem's Out-Of-Network Plan Unlawful

    The California Hospital Association urged a state court to block Anthem Blue Cross' implementation of a new policy that penalizes participating facilities for using nonparticipating providers, saying the plan is illegal, fraudulent and an unfair business practice.

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