On ERISA preemption grounds, a federal court has ruled against state law claims asserted by the beneficiary of a former school teacher who sought benefits from a group life insurance policy. Woods v.

Employers nationwide are experiencing a new wave of ERISA litigation targeting so-called “tobacco surcharges” on employees enrolled ...

Having already filed four suits alleging fiduciary breaches regarding voluntary benefit programs, Schlichter Bogard has filed another — and they’re not the first firm to do so.

A dispute over Aetna Life Insurance Co.'s handling of health plans covering Aramark Services Inc. employees will be reviewed ...

On October 16th, the Public Policy Program hosted Dr. Miranda Yaver for a lecture titled Justice Denied: The Legal Architecture of Health Insurance Inequity. Dr. Yaver is an Assistant Professor of ...

Thanks to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), millions of American workers and their families have enjoyed high-quality, employer-provided retirement and health benefits for ...

* The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) limits the ability of states to regulate many employer-sponsored health insurance plans for the purpose of avoiding duplicative or ...

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the allegations of a late MasterCard worker's spouse, who claimed the company breached its fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security ...

The National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) passed a resolution in support of amending the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to enable state policymakers to enact more ...

New Name, Same Commitment to Personalized Legal Support in Disability, Life, and Health Insurance Claims BATON ROUGE, LA / ACCESS Newswire / March 27, 2026 / The law firm previously known as ERISA ...