Happy New Year! Following up on my last two posts that dealt with individual ERISA breach of fiduciary duty claims, this morning’s post deals with the dismissal of a potential breach of fiduciary duty class action. On December 30, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a “stock drop”
Occasionally courts will remand a disability claim back to the plan’s claim administrator (often an insurance company) for further consideration if it finds that the claimant has been denied a full and fair review of his or her claim. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. (“ERISA”) and its claims regulations