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The Republican tax and policy bill that President Donald Trump has now signed into law contains various provisions that affect attorneys who handle employee benefits...

Participants in Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s retirement plan have filed a proposed class action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The participants allege that Vanderbilt violated...

According to Quest Diagnostics, one of the nation's leading drug-testing laboratories, positive marijuana tests among the U.S. workforce increased to 4.5% in 2023. The percentage of positive tests...

Turquoise Health has launched a new dashboard that provides free tracking of independent dispute resolution (IDR) awards from disputes over services covered by the No Surprises Act.

NFP, a global benefits consultant and property and casualty insurance broker, recently reported that only five percent of U.S. employers offer menopause benefits to their employees.

The California Court of Appeals recently found that a reduction in force (RIF) is not necessarily a sufficient reason to terminate an older worker.

Verizon Wireless recently learned firsthand how to balance the competing demands of federal and state regulators to secure final approval for its $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications...

A Mississippi federal district court has issued a nationwide injunction and stay on some of the new federal regulations concerning Affordable Care Act (ACA) Section 1557...

Counsel for Disney and Lucasfilm argued that a California federal district court judge should dismiss former "Star Wars" actor Gina Carano's wrongful termination suit on First Amendment grounds.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed a new safe harbor rule under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

The initial report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for June took economists by surprise, showing an increase of 147,000 jobs.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has hit a 10-year low in the number of suits filed during FY2025. The EEOC filed 93 suits in FY2025, one of the lowest numbers in the past 30 years.

Insurance company Guardian recently surveyed more than 2,000 employers and employees concerning mental health issues.

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), the Chamber of Commerce of America, and the American Benefits Council have filed an amicus brief in Hutchins v. HP, Inc. This case, which is currently...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have updated the Submission Instructions...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued FAQs About Affordable Care Act Implementation Part 72.

A Minnesota federal district court dismissed ERISA breach of fiduciary duty claims against 3M Company regarding custom target-date funds in its 401(k) plan. The court found that plaintiffs failed to establish appropriate benchmarks for comparing fund performance, emphasizing that ERISA's duty of prudence focuses on the decision-making process rather than investment outcomes.