Court Rulings
Supreme Court Will Review the Affordable Care Act
The Supreme Court announced November 14 that it will in fact consider the constitutionality of key elements of the Affordable Care Act… More
District Court Allows Fiduciary Breach Claim Concerning Erroneous Pension Estimate to Continue
A U.S. district court has ruled that a former executive for a subsidiary company can continue with claims alleging a company that offered an… More
DC Circuit Court Affirms Constitutionality of ACA
In its fifteen minutes of fame before the U.S. Supreme Court steps into the picture, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia… More
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Citigroup Stock Drop Claims
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on October 19 decided the Citigroup stock drop case, affirming the dismissal of the claims… More
4th Circuit Dismisses ACA Suit
Yesterday, the 4th Circuit delivered yet another variant of a decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), albeit in a somewhat oblique… More
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Finds PPACA Individual Mandate Unconstitutional
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on August 12 in a 2-1 decision upheld a district court ruling… More
Sixth Circuit Appeals Court Finds PPACA Constitutional
On June 29, the first Circuit Court to decide the constitutionality of the individual mandate provision of the Patient Protection and… More
Seventh Circuit Denies Rehearing of Ruling on Alleged Fiduciary Breach Concerning Unitized Fund and Recordkeeping Fees
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on May 26 announced it would not rehear a divided three-judge panel ruling, which held… More
Supreme Court Turns Down Expedited Review of PPACA Constitutionality
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 25 announced that it would not grant expedited consideration of a Virginia district court case finding the… More
PPACA Invalidated by Florida District Court
In a decision for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Judge Roger Vinson declared the individual mandate provision… More
ERIC Urges Treasury to Develop Workable Set of Rules in Implementing Hybrid Retirement Plan Regulations
For Immediate Release: January 13, 2011 Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) on January 12 submitted to the Treasury… More
Virginia Court Declares Part of PPACA Unconstitutional
Federal District Court Judge Henry Hudson from the Eastern District of Virginia on December 13 ruled that enactment of the Minimum Essential… More
U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Xerox on Deferential Standard of Review
The United States Supreme Court earlier today (April 21) in Conkright v. Frommert reversed a Second Circuit Court of appeals decision and… More
ERIC Applauds Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Deferential Standard of Review
For Immediate Release: April 21, 2010 Washington, D.C. -- Mark Ugoretz, President of The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), said today that… More
