The State Of Article III Standing In ERISA CasesBy Elizabeth Hopkins, Partner at Kantor & Kantor, LLPExpert AnalysisMore than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2020 Employee Retirement Income Security Act ruling in Thole v. U.S. Bank, it is fair to ask whether lower courts have heeded the justices’ admonition and made sense of […]
Category Archives: Pensions
Pension De-Risking – Don’t be Duped by the Name
Pension “de-risking” sounds like a fancy term for protecting participants’ interests in their benefits. In other words, take the risk out of pension benefits. Well, not quite. Not even close.Pension de-risking is a scheme to benefit employers who sponsor pension plans. It refers to ways in which the employer can reduce its own risk that […]
Years of Legal Delays and Waste Affect New Jersey State Employees’ and Their Children Who Suffer from Eating Disorders
While this story certainly involves the denial of healthcare benefits, insurance, mental health parity, and questionable legal tactics, this is actually a story of waste at the expense of children of New Jersey state employees.GC suffered from anorexia nervosa. She received residential treatment for her eating disorder at Avalon Hills Residential Eating Disorders Program (“Avalon […]
Kantor & Kantor Attorneys & Co-Counsel File Class Action on Behalf of DuPont Retirees
DowDuPont merger attempts to thwart DuPont’s promised pensions to employees that helped build the company. Kantor & Kantor lawyers are representing U.S. retirees of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in a class action lawsuit after a series of corporate maneuvers taken by the company over the last four years left workers’ retirement […]