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Kirschbaum vs. Reliant Energy, Inc.

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
Certification of a class and grant of corporate defendants' motion for summary judgment on all claims related to plaintiff-employee's ERISA class...

Glazer v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In an appeal invoking an issue under ERISA as to when medical reports relied on by a plan administrator during the review of a denial of benefits must...

Pharm. Care Mgmt. Ass'n v. Dist. of Columbia

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Health Law
In a suit to block a DC law that would require pharmacy benefit managers to act as fiduciaries, to disclose the content of their contracts with...

Livick v. Gillette Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a dispute over the amount of an employee's pension benefit under an employee benefit plan, summary judgment for employer is affirmed where: 1)...

United Steelworkers of Am. v. Rohm and Haas Co.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case involving whether an employee's challenge to a denial of disability benefits under an employer's ERISA plan is subject to a grievance...

Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co. v. Information Sys. & Networks Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against an ERISA plan sponsor by a third-party company, summary judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where ERISA does not preempt a state law...

Hamilton v. Starcom Mediavest Group, Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by former employee alleging defendants violated ERISA by terminating her employment in retaliation for exercising her right to...

Lugo-Velazquez v. Stiefel Lab., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an appeal primarily addressing an employee's ERISA-related claims against a former employer, summary judgment for employer is affirmed over...

Fitzgerald v. Action, Inc.

Civil Rights, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against former employer premised on claims of age discrimination and interference with employment benefits, summary judgment for employer...

Bishop v. Lucent Techs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
An order dismissing retirees' claims for breach of fiduciary duty against their former employer and its employment benefit plan is affirmed where the...