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Benefits Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on employee benefits and executive compensation law. Coverage includes benefits-related litigation — including Employee Retirement Income Security Act suits and tax and compliance issues over executive compensation — as well as legislative and regulatory activity.
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Latest News in Benefits
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November 12, 2025
Ex-Aerotech Workers Push For Class Cert. In ESOP Suit
Former Aerotech Inc. employees who have accused the motion control solutions company of mismanaging its employee stock ownership plan urged a Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday to certify a class of plan beneficiaries and participants, saying they easily satisfied requirements for class certification.
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November 12, 2025
Wells Fargo Inks $84M ERISA Stock Option Suit Deal
Wells Fargo & Co. will pay $84 million to settle a proposed class action alleging the bank used dividends earned by its employee stock ownership plan, or ESOP, to meet its 401(k) matching obligations, according to the proposed deal filed Wednesday in Minnesota federal court.
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November 12, 2025
Yellow To Get Ch. 11 Plan Ruling Next Week Amid MFN Row
A Delaware bankruptcy judge announced Wednesday that he will issue a ruling on Yellow Corp.'s Chapter 11 plan next week, saying he needed time to consider arguments brought by a major shareholder that the trucking company's plan doesn't treat certain creditors better than a Chapter 7 liquidation would.
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November 12, 2025
Energy Co. Agrees To Class Status In 401(k) Fee Suit
NextEra Energy told a Florida federal court Wednesday that it agreed to the certification of a 20,000-member class in a lawsuit claiming the company misused forfeited 401(k) plan funds and allowed the plan's recordkeeper to charge excessive fees.
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November 12, 2025
Providence Health Nears ERISA Deal Over 401(k) Admin Costs
Providence Health & Services has reached a tentative deal to resolve a proposed class action accusing the nonprofit healthcare system of misspending millions of dollars in forfeited employer retirement contributions in violation of federal benefits law, the parties told a Seattle federal judge.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- ERISA class actions
- Executive compensation disputes
- Health benefits suits
- Retirement benefits suits
- Worker misclassification actions
- Tax disputes over retirement plans and executive compensation
- Workers’ compensation suits
- AGENCIES
- Internal Revenue Service
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- U.S. Department of Labor
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act
- Family and Medical Leave Act
- Affordable Care Act
- State and federal employee benefits and executive compensation legislation and regulation
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of employee benefits practices
Readership
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Human resources professionals
- Labor union leaders and members
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals