The Trump administration is reorienting the Labor Department’s approach to employee stock ownership plans, signaling it will pursue fewer lawsuits and investigations while focusing on awarding grants.
Concerns about how President
A lawsuit challenging the American Century Investments target-date funds in Discount Tire Co.'s 401(k) plan advanced Thursday, when a federal judge said the case was based on “apples to apples” comparisons.
The Treasury Department and IRS proposed rules Friday for so-called Trump accounts, savings vehicles for kids that Republicans have touted to spur upward social mobility.
Two transgender women accusing
The limits of Delaware’s presumption of director independence were probed Monday in a derivative challenge to a $50 million equity grant the Fidelity National Financial Inc. board awarded to its founder, Bill Foley.
Insurance and risk management company Lockton Inc. was hit with two proposed class actions challenging the target-date funds in its employees’ 401(k) plan.
A New York federal judge partially allowed a lawsuit from a group of current and former
The former chief financial officer of OMG Inc. advanced part of his lawsuit accusing the construction product manufacturer of wrongly denying him nearly $300,000 in bonus payments after his termination in 2024.
Two transgender women accusing
President
The Trump administration is reorienting the Labor Department’s approach to employee stock ownership plans, signaling it will pursue fewer lawsuits and investigations while focusing on awarding grants.
The DOL proposed a new rule to simplify independent contractor classification, reverting to a framework similar to the 2021 rule.
The Justice Department Friday aired its first defense of President Donald Trump’s executive orders against law firms after reversing course on a move to drop the case earlier this week.
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Florida federal court denied summary judgment on FMLA claims by a supervisor terminated for leaving work during a hurricane to care for his wife, finding factual disputes about the qualifying condition, notice, and reasons for termination. Burrows v. Prummell, 2026 BL 23402, M.D. Fla., 2:25-cv-11-JES-NPM, 1/26/26
The court granted UPMC Health Plan Inc. and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center summary judgment on out-of-network provider Abira Medical Laboratories LLC’s breach of contract and unjust enrichment claims, and granted Abira summary judgment on UPMC’s counterclaims. Abira Med. Labs. LLC v. UPMC Health Plan Inc., 2025 BL 393062, E.D. Pa., 24-cv-0227, 11/3/25
The court denied Arrow Mutual Liability Insurance Company and The Arrow Mutual 401(k) Plan’s motion to dismiss this ERISA action alleging wrongful withholding of Arrow’s late President and CEO’s employer contribution sub-account. Gray v. Arrow Mut. Liab. Ins. Co., 2025 BL 390109, D. Mass., 25-10054-NMG, 10/29/25
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