ERISA

May 24, 2018 Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. is facing a proposed class action that argues the investment management firm’s 401(k) plan doesn’t provide the most value to participants.

May 2, 2018 Firstfleet, Inc. of Tennessee is the defendant in a proposed class action wherein the plaintiff claims the company failed to provide employees with mandatory notices of their right to continued healthcare coverage.

April 2, 2018 Per a lawsuit, Lifetouch and its directors acted imprudently in making the company's own stock the largest single investment purchased and held by its employee stock plan.

February 26, 2018 A lawsuit claims Georgetown and two admins failed to properly keep an eye on the plans’ expenses, while choosing less-than-stellar investment options.

February 22, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against Oxford Health Insurance, Inc., Optum, Inc., and Optum Rx, Inc. alleging that the defendants engaged in a “fraudulent and deceptive scheme” to overcharge consumers for prescription drugs.

February 19, 2018 NECA-IBEW Welfare Trust Fund is facing claims that the insurance plan unlawfully denied coverage of medically necessary acupuncture treatments that were 'contracted for and promised' to policyholders.

January 17, 2018 Hewlett-Packard Company, HP Enterprise Services, LLC, and HP, Inc. are facing a former employee’s claims that the defendants unlawfully terminated him based on his age.

January 10, 2018 A lawsuit filed by eight plaintiffs against Plaza Sweets alleges wage and hour violations and abuses of ERISA with regard to health insurance.

January 8, 2018 A group of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have been named in a lawsuit that alleges the defendants have engaged in a 'multi-tiered fraudulent scheme' designed to raise the prices of EpiPen epinephrine injectors.

December 20, 2017 Microsoft Corporation Welfare Plan and Microsoft Corporation are facing a lawsuit filed by two sets of parents on behalf of their minor children who the suit says were unlawfully denied coverage for treatment of their mental health conditions.

December 8, 2017 A lawsuit claims CenturyLink and those who manage its 401(k) plan violated ERISA by sticking with a consistently underperforming investment option.

November 30, 2017 A lawsuit alleges Providence Health & Services violated ERISA by paying recordkeeper Fidelity 'excessive and unreasonable' fees.

November 21, 2017 A current truck driver for Knight Transportation, Inc. has filed suit against the company over claims that his employer misclassified employees as independent contractors and excluded them from participating in employee benefit plans.

November 16, 2017 A former NBA player claims the league pension plan's offer of 'actuarial equivalents' does not equal benefits offered through its 'normal retirement pension.'

November 13, 2017 A TN John Deere dealer claims WH Administrators has failed to repay health insurance plan participants' medical claims and withheld accounting information.

November 2, 2017 VOYA Financial, Inc. and VOYA Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company are facing a proposed class action that claims they charged 'undisclosed excessive and unreasonable' fees for providing administrative services to the members of a retirement plan.

November 2, 2017 A lawsuit alleging ERISA violations claims C.R. England, despite promising truck drivers independence, retains too much control over its workers' businesses.

October 27, 2017 A proposed class action has been filed on behalf of a minor plaintiff that claims Neiman Marcus' health plan unlawfully fails to cover certain treatments.

October 24, 2017 A proposed class action against directors of William D. Meeker Enterprises, Inc. claims the defendants harmed members of the employee stock ownership plan by making decisions that were not in the best interests of the company.

October 13, 2017 EmblemHealth, Inc., EmblemHealth Services Company, LLC, and ConnectiCare, Inc. are facing a lawsuit filed by 24 former employees who claim the companies unlawfully broke their agreement to provide the plaintiffs with lifetime health insurance.

September 29, 2017 A lawsuit filed on behalf of GE's 401(k) retirement plan participants claims administrators put their own interests in front of those of future retirees.

September 22, 2017 Two amputees claim Anthem and a subsidiary illegally denied class members insurance coverage for microprocessor-controlled lower limb prostheses.

August 11, 2017 Dolgen, LLC (trading as Dolgencorp, LLC) and Anthem Health Plans of Virginia, Inc. are facing claims that they misclassified managers as exempt from overtime wage requirements and denied an employee her COBRA rights.

August 5, 2017 Morningstar, Inc. and two Prudential investment cos. are named in a case claiming their 'GoalMaker' software unlawfully limits investors' options.

July 5, 2017 A Chemonics International, Inc. employee has filed suit against GreatBanc Trust Company for allegedly allowing pension plan participants to acquire company stock at inflated prices and then suffer financial losses.

June 20, 2017 A former NCR employee has filed a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that he was unlawfully robbed of his benefits under his NCR pension plan.

May 30, 2017 Community Insurance Company (which does business as Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield) is facing claims that it unlawfully refused to cover mental health treatment.

May 26, 2017 United of Omaha Life Insurance Company is facing claims that it violated federal law by breaching its fiduciary duties to participants in its investment plans.

May 18, 2017 The University of Chicago is the defendant in an ERISA class action alleging it breached its fiduciary duty owed to participants in the school's retirement income plan.

March 20, 2017 A diagnosed anorexia nervosa sufferer from New York claims in a proposed class action lawsuit that UnitedHealth Group, Inc. violated the Security Act of 1974.

January 25, 2017 A proposed class action filed on behalf of participants in the ISCO Industries Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan claims defendant Wilmington Trust violated the ERISA.

January 17, 2017 ABM Facility Services, Inc. allegedly failed to provide mandatory notice to proposed class members of their right to continued health care coverage.

January 17, 2017 Out of Florida district court comes a proposed class action claiming Marriott International, Inc. violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

January 4, 2017 The NECA/IBEW Family Medical Care Plan and its board of trustees are on the wrong end of a proposed class action alleging the parties violated the ERISA.

December 20, 2016 Participants in Delta Air Lines' Delta Family Care Savings Plan have filed a suit against the company and the committee responsible for overseeing its retirement fund.

December 16, 2016 A former University of Miami employee has filed a proposed class action against the school over alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

December 1, 2016 ESA Management has been hit with a lawsuit on behalf of current and former employees who say they never received notice of their right to continue their health insurance.

November 23, 2016 Kohlberg Ventures, LLC, the owning and financial entity behind subsidiary ClearEdge Power, is facing a proposed class action filed over alleged violations of the ERISA.

November 18, 2016 FMC Corporation and the committee of fiduciaries responsible for its employee 401(k) plan are facing a class action alleging violations of the ERISA.

November 1, 2016 A class action filed on behalf of members and beneficiaries of the Hospital Sisters Health Services Employees' Pension Plan claims the plan has been underfunded.

October 31, 2016 A class action alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) has been filed against Adventist Health System.

October 26, 2016 A class action has been filed in Pennsylvania against United Healthcare Services, Inc. over alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

October 26, 2016 The Pension Committee for The Retirement Plan for SSM Health Employees is facing a class action lawsuit.