January 15, 2025 A $6.9 million settlement may resolve a class action that claimed Northern Trust breached its fiduciary duties by retaining an underperforming funds series as one of its retirement plan’s investment options.
December 20, 2024 A lawsuit claims UnitedHealth caused participants in its employee retirement plan to lose millions in savings by retaining a poorly performing investment option.
December 17, 2024 A $4.75 million settlement has been reached to resolve a class action that claimed Alaska Airlines and Horizon unlawfully failed to provide pilots with paid short-term military leave.
December 16, 2024 A $2.25 million settlement has been reached to end a class action that alleged the parties that handle Kimberly-Clark’s 401(k) pension plan allowed it to incur unreasonable fees.
October 11, 2024 A class action against Tractor Supply claims the retailer has illegally charged employees who use tobacco an extra fee per pay period under its health plan.
October 9, 2024 PepsiCo faces a class action lawsuit over its alleged imposition of punitive health insurance surcharges on employees who use tobacco products.
September 16, 2024 A class action lawsuit claims car parts manufacturer UGN, Inc. has unlawfully charged tobacco users an additional monthly fee under its health plan.
August 27, 2024 A class action claims Wells Fargo has mismanaged its prescription drug benefits program, costing its health plan and plan participants millions.
July 12, 2024 A class action claims GE breached its fiduciary duty to more than 70,000 pension plan participants by offloading over $1.7 billion of its pension obligations to a risky annuity provider.
May 13, 2024 Merrill Lynch and Bank of America face a class action wherein a financial advisor claims he was wrongfully denied the vested commissions to which he was entitled as part of a deferred compensation plan.
March 27, 2024 A class action alleges AT&T “[gambled] with retirees’ livelihoods” when it transferred pension benefit plan liabilities to a “highly risky” company.
February 8, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Johnson & Johnson and its pension and benefits committee have mismanaged the pharmaceutical giant’s prescription drug benefits programs.
October 11, 2023 Health Plan of Nevada, Inc. (HPN) faces a class action that claims the insurer’s 100-day treatment limit on coverage for residential mental health services violates federal law.
February 10, 2023 Ten former NFL players allege the league’s Player Disability & Survivor Benefit Plan and Player Disability & Neurocognitive Benefit Plan have erroneously and arbitrarily denied retired players’ disability claims.
October 18, 2022 Ford and its affiliated United Auto Workers pension plan face a class action that alleges they’ve failed to provide future service credits pursuant to the union’s collectively bargained agreement with the automaker.
October 4, 2022 A class action alleges Sentara RMH Medical Center and United Healthcare have overcharged patients for services rendered at Sentara’s outpatient centers.
September 29, 2022 The fiduciaries of the Wells Fargo 401(k) plan for years caused participants to pay more than fair market value for preferred stock, a proposed class action alleges.
June 16, 2022 A class action alleges Cigna Corporation has unlawfully underpaid health insurance claims submitted by consumers for services covered through MultiPlan.
May 2, 2022 A class action alleges UPS has miscalculated joint and survivor annuity benefits for retirees and their beneficiaries.
March 23, 2022 A class action lawsuit alleges the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Inc. and the bodies responsible for overseeing its retirement plan have mismanaged the plan to the tune of tens of millions of dollars in losses.
March 14, 2022 Six former United employees allege in a class action that the airline has prevented certain eligible retirees from participating in a “voluntary separation” leave program offered amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 26, 2022 Fluor Corporation faces a class action that alleges the firm and its board of directors are to blame for significant 401(k) plan losses.
January 21, 2022 Boston Children's Hospital and its retirement plan committee face a class action over allegedly excessive recordkeeping and administrative costs incurred by participants.
January 13, 2022 A class action alleges Wells Fargo has failed to provide health plan participants and their beneficiaries with proper notice of their right to continued insurance coverage following a qualifying event.
December 9, 2021 A lawsuit alleges COBRA notices issued by Capital One are missing key information on the continuation of healthcare coverage and fail to comply with federal law.
December 2, 2021 A proposed class action alleges United Airlines has unlawfully prevented some retirees from obtaining the benefits of a more recent “early out” plan.
November 11, 2021 A class action aims to challenge Washington’s Long-Term Services and Support Trust Program, whereby workers in the state will pay into a trust fund $0.58, after tax, for every $100 earned.
November 5, 2021 A lawsuit claims United Behavioral Health unlawfully denied coverage for certain mental health and substance use disorder treatments based on overly restrictive criteria.
October 25, 2021 Advance Auto Parts and its retirement plan committee face a class action over their alleged selection of expensive mutual funds despite the existence of otherwise identical yet cheaper alternatives.
October 19, 2021 Deloitte, LLP faces a class action that alleges nearly 90,000 retirement plan participants and beneficiaries have lost millions as a result of excessively high fees.
September 30, 2021 A class action claims Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin unlawfully denied insurance coverage for certain autism spectrum disorder treatments.
September 27, 2021 A class action alleges Aetna has violated federal law by refusing to cover inpatient treatment for certain mental health disorders, including autism spectrum disorder.
September 3, 2021 A proposed class action claims UnitedHealth bilked millions of dollars from self-funded employee benefit plans through a so-called “Shared Savings” program.
August 25, 2021 A lawsuit claims Tidelands Health has unlawfully discriminated against disabled and female new hires by administering a required strength test prior to employment.
August 18, 2021 A class action alleges the fiduciaries of the Juniper Networks employee 401(k) retirement plan failed to properly monitor the plan’s fees and investment options.
August 12, 2021 Xerox and the administrator of its 401(k) plan face a class action that alleges participants were forced to pay millions in recordkeeping fees at well above market rates over roughly six years.
August 11, 2021 A class action alleges SeaWorld has unlawfully mismanaged its employee 401(k) plan to the tune of more than $53.5 million in losses.
July 16, 2021 A class action contends Adventist Health System/Sunbelt has failed to provide employees with lawful notice of their right to elect for COBRA health coverage.
July 7, 2021 AAA Carolinas has flooded its employee 401(k) plan with “extremely expensive, often underperforming” investment options, a class action alleges.
July 1, 2021 A Lake Placid, New York resident challenges Excellus BlueCross BlueShield’s apparent denial of coverage for proton beam therapy to treat prostate cancer.
June 18, 2021 A group of lawsuits claims the Red Cross and its benefits plan committee have failed to properly monitor the fees and investment selections in their employee retirement plan.
June 16, 2021 An ex-Legg Mason worker claims she was unlawfully misclassified as a temporary worker and denied certain benefits associated with full-time employment.
June 10, 2021 Costco has repeatedly failed to provide participants in and beneficiaries of its healthcare plan with lawful COBRA notices upon a “qualifying event,” a class action claims.
May 10, 2021 A class action aims to represent more than 1,400 University of Tampa employees alleged to have paid over the past six years an estimated $3 million in retirement plan administrative fees.
April 16, 2021 The parties responsible for the Kimberly-Clark Corporation’s 401(k) defined contribution pension plan allowed it to incur “objectively unreasonable” fees for retirement plan services, a class action alleges.
April 14, 2021 Humana faces a class action over alleged shortcomings with regard to keeping expenses for the company's employee retirement savings plan low and appropriately judging the prudence of each investment option.
March 18, 2021 Brenntag failed to properly notify health plan participants of their right to continued coverage after the occurrence of a qualifying event, a lawsuit alleges.
March 16, 2021 A class action alleges the L3Harris Technologies, Inc. Employee Benefits Committee (L3) failed to send COBRA notices in compliance with federal law.
March 11, 2021 A lawsuit claims Nextep “wasted” the assets of its retirement plan by failing to remove imprudent investment options and allowing excessive fees to be charged.
March 3, 2021 A class action alleges IBM has discriminated against health plan enrollees with developmental mental health conditions, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, by routinely excluding or limiting coverage for speech, occupational and physical therapies.
