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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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March 06, 2026
Comerica Didn't Steal Fed Benefits Interest, Judge Finds
A Michigan federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action accusing Comerica Bank and the federal government of improperly withholding interest on prepaid debit card accounts used to distribute Social Security and other benefits, ruling recipients have no property right to those earnings.
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March 06, 2026
Grocery Chain Strikes Deal In 401(k) Suit Revived By 2nd Circ.
A supermarket chain told a New York federal court it has agreed to settle a proposed class action claiming the company allowed its 401(k) plan to be saddled with excessive fees, about six months after the Second Circuit partially revived the case.
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March 06, 2026
2nd Circ. Says Pot Edibles Not Covered By Workers' Comp
A Second Circuit panel has found that federal workers' compensation can't cover the cost of prescribed cannabis edibles, because they are still considered Schedule I drugs under federal law with "no accepted medical use."
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March 06, 2026
Energy Trade Group Workers Score Class Cert. In 401(k) Suit
A Virginia federal judge on Friday agreed to certify a group of participants in a 401(k) plan for employees of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, an electric utility trade group, on claims that their retirement savings were dragged down by excessive administrative fees.
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March 06, 2026
Express Scripts Ducks RICO Suit Over Acthar Price Hike
Express Scripts Inc. and its affiliates may have worked with drugmaker Mallinckrodt to hike the price of seizure medication Acthar from $40 to $40,000, but a proposed class action by third-party payors failed to allege the high prices were a result of fraud, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Thursday.
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
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- 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.
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