Here are brief summaries of some, but not all, ERISA cases that were filed recently: Perez v. Belanger (filed on August 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania): In this lawsuit, the DOL states that the defendant (the administrator of several employee benefit plans covered by ERISA) violated ERISA […]
On June 30, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) published final regulations mandating, among other things, increases in certain civil monetary penalties administered by the DOL to enforce Title I of ERISA. These increases will be effective for penalties assessed after August 1, 2016, if associated violations occurred after November 2, 2015. Penalty increases […]
On May 18, the case of Damberg v. LaMettry’s Collision, Inc. was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs are participants in the defendants’ 401(k) plan, and the defendants are the plan sponsor and two corporate officers who are plan fiduciaries. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants breached their […]
As the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) continues its enforcement activity, here is a list of several of its ERISA cases that were recently decided: Perez v. Rose (U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan): The defendant, a plan fiduciary to a 401(k) plan, a health plan, and a dental plan, failed to […]