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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit: Pending
View CaseU.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Eighth Circuit to affirm the district court and hold that claims for breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA cannot rely solely on inferences from circumstantial facts that merely suggest a possibility of misconduct.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: Decided
View CaseIn a non-precedential summary order, Second Circuit vacates and remands district court’s dismissal of ERISA claims as untimely. The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition amicus brief urging the Second Circuit to affirm.U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Second Circuit to hold that plaintiffs’ statutory ERISA claims are untimely and to reject plaintiffs’ attempt to rewrite the plan’s constructive knowledge standard.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: Pending
View CaseU.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Fourth Circuit to hold that beneficiaries of defined-contribution plans seeking individualized damages may not be certified for mandatory class treatment under Rule 23(b)(1) with no notice and opt-out opportunity.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: Pending
View CaseU.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Sixth Circuit to reject plaintiffs’ attempt to rewrite ERISA to require plan administrators to use “reasonably current” actuarial assumptions instead of the actuarial assumptions specified in plan documents.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: Decided
View CaseSixth Circuit denies petition for rehearing and leaves standing a panel opinion that allows plaintiffs to plead a fiduciary breach using dissimilar performance comparisons. The U.S. Chamber filed a brief urging the Court to grant rehearing en banc and hold that courts should not infer imprudence from performance-based comparisons without a meaningful benchmark comparison.U.S. Chamber files coalition brief urging the Sixth Circuit to grant rehearing and hold that courts should not infer imprudence from performance-based comparisons without a meaningful benchmark comparison.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit: Pending
View CaseU.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Eleventh Circuit to reject plaintiffs’ attempt to rewrite ERISA to require plan administrators to use “reasonably current” actuarial assumptions instead of the actuarial assumptions specified in plan documents.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: Pending
View CaseU.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Second Circuit to reject the district court’s improper extension of ERISA to deferred compensation arrangements.U.S. Supreme Court: Pending
View CaseU.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Supreme Court to hold that an ERISA plaintiff bringing a prohibited-transaction claim must allege facts supporting a plausible inference of wrongdoing to survive a motion to dismiss and proceed to discovery. The U.S. Chamber previously filed an amicus brief when this case was before the Second Circuit.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: Decided
View CaseSecond Circuit rules that a complaint raising claims of excessive recordkeeping fees under ERISA must include specific factual allegations about both the cost and the services of the challenged plan and its comparators, or other factual allegations showing the fees are excessive under the circumstances. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting this result.U.S. Chamber submits amicus brief urging Second Circuit to affirm the district court and hold that claims for breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA cannot rely solely on inferences from circumstantial facts that merely suggest a possibility of misconduct. The Chamber previously filed an amicus brief in the district court.U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois: Pending
View CaseU.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging district court to hold Illinois’ amended temporary staffing benefits law preempted by ERISA.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: Pending
View CaseU.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Ninth Circuit to reject hindsight-based allegations of imprudence in attack on fiduciaries’ wide discretion in selecting plan investment options.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: Pending
View CaseU.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Sixth Circuit to reject plaintiffs’ attempt to rewrite ERISA to require plan administrators to use “reasonably current” actuarial assumptions instead of the actuarial assumptions specified in plan documents.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit: Decided
View CaseEighth Circuit affirms dismissal of claim for breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA, holding that the complaint was deficient because it lacked benchmarks showing the recordkeeping fees were too high for a plan of its size. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting this outcome.U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Eighth Circuit to reaffirm that a claim for breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA requires more than reliance on hindsight evaluations of outcomes or conclusory assertions about imprudence.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit: Decided
View CaseEleventh Circuit holds that plaintiffs bear the burden of proving loss causation under ERISA and that fiduciaries cannot be held liable for claimed losses if they reached objectively prudent results. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting this result.U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Eleventh Circuit to affirm the district court’s decision and hold that plaintiffs bear the burden of proving loss causation under ERISAU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas: Decided
View CaseDistrict Court stays effective date of Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Rule upon concluding that plaintiffs are “virtually certain” to succeed in establishing that the Department exceeded its statutory authority under ERISA in issuing the rule. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting this outcome.U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging district court to vacate Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule as enacted in excess of its authority under ERISA.U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas: Decided
View CaseDistrict court stays effective date of Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Rule upon concluding that plaintiffs are likely to succeed in establishing that the Department exceeded its statutory authority under ERISA in issuing the rule. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting this outcome.U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging district court to vacate Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule as enacted in excess of its authority under ERISA.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: Decided
View CaseFifth Circuit grants panel rehearing and reverses in part the certification of a participant-led, multi-plan ERISA class action, concluding that this action for damages should not have been certified under Rule 23(b)(1) and that the district court must further consider administrability on remand. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting this outcome.U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Fifth Circuit to rehear en banc a decision certifying a participant-led, multi-plan ERISA class action. The U.S. Chamber previously filed an amicus brief at the panel stage.U.S. Supreme Court: Pending
View CaseU.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant review and decide whether multiemployer pension plans can calculate withdrawal liability using different actuarial assumptions than were in place at the end of the previous year.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: Decided
View CaseThird Circuit holds that plaintiff plausibly alleged fiduciary breach under ERISA for excessive recordkeeping fees where the plaintiff’s allegations included specific details about comparator plans. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief opposing this outcome.U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Third Circuit to affirm district court’s dismissal of ERISA breach of fiduciary duty claims following careful, context-sensitive scrutiny.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: Decided
View CaseSecond Circuit refuses to enforce arbitration agreement in ERISA plan requiring individualized arbitration and individualized relief for claims against plan fiduciaries. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief opposing this result.U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in Second Circuit arguing that Federal Arbitration Act requires enforcement of arbitration agreement in ERISA plan.