Payroll processing company ADP has agreed to settle a 50,000-member class action alleging it kept expensive, underperforming investment options in its 401(k) plan and funneled millions of dollars from employees' retirement savings to a subsidiary, according to a filing in New Jersey federal court.
Law360
Benefits
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2026 Law360 iOS App Law360 Android App Follow Law360 on Facebook Follow Law360 on LinkedIn Follow Law360 on Twitter

TOP NEWS

ADP Strikes Deal In Sweeping 401(k) Class Action

By Patrick Hoff

Payroll processing company ADP has agreed to settle a 50,000-member class action alleging it kept expensive, underperforming investment options in its 401(k) plan and funneled millions of dollars from employees' retirement savings to a subsidiary, according to a filing in New Jersey federal court.

Letter attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

UnitedHealth Trims But Can't Escape 401(k) Forfeiture Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

UnitedHealth Group won dismissal of some claims in a proposed class action alleging the company mismanaged its employee 401(k) and profit sharing plan by misallocating forfeitures, but couldn't escape allegations that the way the company spent the funds breached fiduciary duties and caused transactions prohibited by federal benefits law.

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Class Certified In Konica Minolta Workers' Severance Dispute

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal judge Tuesday agreed to certify a class of workers alleging Konica Minolta used an office relocation as a guise to conduct a mass layoff without having to pay severance.

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Pension Fund Trustees Partially Settle $1.8M Transit Co. Suit

By Benjamin Morse

Trustees of a Teamsters-affiliated pension fund have reached a partial settlement in a lawsuit over a more than $1.8 million reallocation liability assessment against a defunct transit company, asking a New York federal court to pause claims against the settling defendants while they secure financing and make payment.

Letter attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

NY-Presbyterian Tees Bid To Ax Union Funds' Antitrust Row

By Emily Brill

Three union benefit funds lack standing in their lawsuit accusing New York-Presbyterian Hospital of using anticompetitive tactics when negotiating with health insurance companies, the hospital told a New York federal judge, saying the negotiations are between it and the insurers.

Letter attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

EXPERT ANALYSIS

Drawing A Line Between Settlement Pressure And Extortion

U.S. v. Luo, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, may force courts to address anew when settlement negotiations become criminal extortion, particularly in the age of easily fabricated digital evidence, says attorney Denis Kiely.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

LEGAL INDUSTRY

How 3 Courts Are Approaching AI Adoption

By Emily Sawicki

The rules surrounding artificial intelligence experimentation in courts run the gamut from court systems offering proprietary tools and training to unwritten policies that essentially amount to don't ask, don't tell.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Analysis

With Data And AI, Whistleblowers Set Off An FCA Tidal Wave

By Phillip Bantz

Whistleblowers are increasingly using artificial intelligence to comb through public data in search of potential False Claims Act cases, unleashing a flood of new complaints that are shaking up white collar defense and government enforcement efforts while subjecting more companies to potentially false allegations, experts say.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Conn. Justices Threaten Sanctions For AI Errors

By Andrea Keckley

The Connecticut Supreme Court has threatened to sanction GLG Law LLC and one of its attorneys for submitting documents in two cases "that misrepresented the law through the use of generative artificial intelligence," according to a Tuesday order that summoned them to appear in court next month.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Atty DQ Over Inadvertent Doc Disclosure Overturned

By Y. Peter Kang

A California state appeals court has upended the disqualification of defense counsel in a sexual battery suit, saying documents undermining the case that were accidentally produced via a Dropbox link were not privileged.

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

DOJ Nominee Questioned About Deleted Social Media Posts

By Courtney Bublé

A nominee for a top U.S. Department of Justice position, who is a real estate attorney turned tech entrepreneur, came under fire on Wednesday for past social media posts that he's now deleted.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Booker, Cassidy Press DOJ On Trump Immunity Deal

By Courtney Bublé

Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., wrote to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday expressing "serious concerns" about the alleged immunity for President Donald Trump, his family and businesses in the controversial settlement he reached with the IRS.

Letter attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

gray blue promo that reads Law360 400 Promo that reads Law360 Pulse 2026 AI Survey

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Callahan & Blaine

Crowell & Moring

Cummins & Bonestroo

DiCello Levitt

Dorsey & Whitney

FBT Gibbons

Fairmark Partners LLP

Farella Braun

Garwin Gerstein

Green Savits

Hach Rose Schirripa

Hogan Lovells

K&L Law Group

Keller Rohrback

Labaton Keller

Lieff Cabraser

Lynch Carpenter

Morgan Lewis

Paul Weiss

Proskauer Rose

Reed Smith

Schlichter Bogard

Seyfarth Shaw

Spiro Harrison

Susman Godfrey

Walcheske & Luzi

Womble Bond

Woods Rogers

Zimmerman Reed

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Express Co.

Chicago Bar Association

Connecticut Legal Services

Fortress Investment Group LLC

Gawker Media LLC

Gerson Lehrman Group Inc.

Google LLC

Konica Minolta Holdings

Milwaukee Bucks

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

New Jersey State Bar Association

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Nike Inc.

Pennzoil

The New York Times Co.

United Food & Commercial Workers International Union

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Internal Revenue Service

Office of Justice Programs

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio