Law360 (August 29, 2025, 4:54 PM EDT) -- Yellow Corp. seeks to revive a $137 million breach dispute against the Teamsters at the Tenth Circuit, married retirees will ask the Eleventh Circuit to restart a pension conversion fight, and the en banc Fifth Circuit reconsiders a challenge to a rule implementing a 2020 surprise health billing law. Here are four appellate argument sessions in September that benefits Read More

By Anne Tyler Hall and Samuel Krause. Hall Benefits Law practitioners discuss practical and strategic takeaways for plan sponsors after the executive order was issued directing federal agencies to broaden 401(k) access to cryptocurrency, private equity, private credit, and venture capital assets. Bloomberg Daily Tax Report (Aug. 15, 2025, 4:30 AM EDT) -- On August 7, 2025, the Trump administration issued an Read More

By Kellie Mejdrich Law360 (August 1, 2025, 5:57 PM EST) -- The Ninth and Eleventh circuits in August will hear from employers fighting trial court decisions refusing to kick proposed class actions into individual arbitration. Here's a look at four coming oral argument sessions in Employee Retirement Income Security Act litigation that should be on benefits lawyers' radar. 401(k) Arbitration Fight at 9th Read More

Strategic West Coast Expansion Strengthens HBL’s National Reach in Employee Benefits, ERISA, and Executive Compensation Los Angeles, CA (June 18, 2025) Hall Benefits Law, a recognized leader in employee benefits and ERISA legal services, has opened a Los Angeles office, marking a significant milestone in the firm's continued growth. Leading this expansion is Jean Yu, a seasoned attorney who brings more than two Read More

By Anne Tyler Hall and Tim Kennedy (April 17, 2025) For employers offering benefit plans, fiduciary responsibility is not just a legal designation. Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, the fiduciary duty is the highest standard of care recognized under the law. Fiduciaries must ensure that every decision regarding a benefit plan is made with the care, skill and diligence that a Read More

March 5, 2025. By Anne Tyler Hall and Tim Kennedy*-Hall Benefits Law A plan sponsor’s fiduciary duty to be transparent in Pharmacy Benefit Manager contracts safeguards plan participants’ interests and mitigates the risk of litigation, regulatory penalties, and reputational harm, say Hall Benefits Law practitioners. Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), particularly the Big 3 PBMs (CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and Read More

Law360 (February 28, 2025, 8:32 PM EST) -- The Ninth Circuit will mull Express Scripts and OptumRx's bid to force a public nuisance suit brought by the state of California into federal court, and the Second Circuit will hear from pensioners who say that IBM's use of outdated mortality tables shrank their benefits payouts. Here are five appellate arguments happening in March that should be on benefits lawyers' Read More

Law360 (February 14, 2025, 7:11 PM EST) -- Skyrocketing prescription drug costs and a proliferation of state laws are driving renewed calls from employers and benefit plan administrators for Congress to enact federal legislation changing how pharmacy benefit managers do business, experts say.Employee benefits and healthcare industry groups are redoubling efforts to have Congress pass a set of new reporting and rebate Read More

Law360 (June 10, 2024, 5:46 PM EDT) -- The Ninth Circuit's recent decision finding Cigna is off the hook for $8.6million in out-of-network mental health and substance use disorder treatment claims against employee benefit plans administered by the insurer could discourage similar litigation, benefits attorneys say. The Ninth Circuit on May 31 upheld a California court's grant of summary judgment to Cigna on claims Read More