/benefits?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Benefits Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:46:49 +0000 /benefits/articles/2414166?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2414166 The state of Florida is suing Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. and Glass Lewis & Co. LLC, alleging that the proxy advisory firms are abusing their dominant place in the market by promoting ideological and environmental causes "at the expense of traditional metrics of financial growth." Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:51:21 +0000 /benefits/articles/2414336?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2414336 A Boston suburb owes a now-retired firefighter back pay for more than 70 days he spent serving Air National Guard duty, the state's intermediate-level appeals court said Friday, clarifying a Massachusetts law intended to protect the salaries of public employees who are also service members. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:27:03 +0000 /benefits/articles/2414207?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2414207 Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s recent suggestion that the D.C. Bar would be prevented from reviewing misconduct complaints about U.S. Department of Justice attorneys runs contrary to federal statutes, local rules and decades of case law, and sends the troubling message that federal prosecutors are subject to different rules, say attorneys at HWG. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:22:51 +0000 /benefits/articles/2414110?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2414110 Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has announced that he will be nominating a lawyer with a lengthy career in policy development and administration who is currently secretary of the state's Office of Policy and Management for a seat on the state's Superior Court bench. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:03:40 +0000 /benefits/articles/2404342?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2404342 Michael J. Schobel of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz helped Charter Communications undertake compensation and benefits negotiations after the company reached a $34.5 billion merger deal with Cox Communications, earning him a spot among the 2025 Law360 Benefits MVPs. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:22:58 +0000 /benefits/articles/2413691?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2413691 The Ohio Supreme Court's recent decision in State ex rel. Berry v. Industrial Commission marks a shift in Ohio workers' compensation law by reducing judicial deference to the Industrial Commission's interpretations of the state's specific safety requirements and potentially expanding employer exposure, say attorneys at Benesch. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:50:14 +0000 /benefits/articles/2414348?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2414348 The Second Circuit refused Friday to revive a New York Teamsters worker's proposed class action challenging his pension plan's fees and investments, backing a lower court's holding that his claims weren't detailed enough to keep the case in court. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:59:16 +0000 /benefits/articles/2413869?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2413869 The Ninth Circuit rejected a retiree's claim that a retirement fund for Northern Mariana Islands government employees owed her cost of living adjustments in her benefits, backing a ruling that a law promising COLAs to retirees doesn't extend to her. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:42:15 +0000 /benefits/articles/2413451?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2413451 Starbucks and its former CEO can't shed investor class action claims that the company harmed shareholders by concealing its struggles to implement a "reinvention plan," which came to light when the company disclosed that its sales were being harmed by longer waits for customized drinks in its U.S. stores and by fierce competition in China. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:25:40 +0000 /benefits/articles/2413979?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2413979 The Texas Office of the Attorney General sued pharmaceutical companies Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi in Texas state court, claiming Thursday the companies failed to disclose that a lucrative blood thinner used to prevent heart attacks and strokes does not work as well on certain minority patients. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 21:18:31 +0000 /benefits/articles/2413789?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2413789 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission member Mark Uyeda called for litigation reform Thursday aimed at stopping lawsuits filed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act that he said discourage retirement plan fiduciaries from investing in the private markets. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:33:02 +0000 /benefits/articles/2413781?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2413781 Investors of mobile medical provider DocGo have received preliminary approval of their $12.5 million settlement of claims that the company deceived stockholders before a $432 million contract with New York City to provide emergency migrant housing came under public scrutiny. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:03:46 +0000 /benefits/articles/2413746?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2413746 A tentative deal to end a proposed class action against X Corp. and Elon Musk alleging Twitter Inc. ex-workers are owed some $500 million in severance has hit a stumbling block, with attorneys representing individual ex-employees disputing how to proceed in federal court in dueling briefs. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:53:47 +0000 /benefits/articles/2413765?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2413765 Tesla shareholders urged the Ninth Circuit Thursday to revive their allegations that Elon Musk lied about the capabilities and safety record of Tesla's self-driving technology, saying the district court erred in finding no evidence of fraudulent intent since the billionaire clearly needed to boost Tesla's share price to buy Twitter. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:01:48 +0000 /benefits/articles/2413792?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2413792 Blue Shield of California and Magellan Health maintain a "ghost network" directory of mental health providers who don't exist or don't accept new patients, leading customers to hit a dead end or desperately resort to expensive out-of-network providers, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in California federal court.  Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:46:50 +0000 /benefits/articles/2413410?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2413410 A Tenth Circuit panel grappled Thursday with how the court should interpret a Colorado law requiring entities not authorized to offer insurance in the state to report certain information about their healthcare sharing plans, in an appeal by a religious trade group challenging the law's constitutionality. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:35:13 +0000 /benefits/articles/2413649?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2413649 An insurer failed to conduct a meaningful investigation of a North Carolina hotel's claim for tornado damage, the property owner alleged in a suit removed to federal court, saying the insurer issued a "puzzling" coverage denial referencing damage at a property 150 miles away and a workplace injury in Florida. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:20:29 +0000 /benefits/articles/2413864?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2413864 Coal miners who snagged a $15.2 million deal to end their unpaid wage suit against multiple mining companies supported their request for about $309,000 for litigation costs, a Kentucky federal judge said Thursday, signing off on the amount. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:11:13 +0000 /benefits/articles/2413739?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2413739 A North Carolina state court judge blocked the state's Health and Human Services Department from implementing a 10% cut to Medicaid reimbursement rates for autism therapy after finding children who benefit from that therapy would be irreparably harmed. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:59:24 +0000 /benefits/articles/2413680?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /benefits/articles/2413680 The widow of a former Bank of America executive brought a suit alleging the bank and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. wrongly denied her claim for life insurance benefits after her husband's death.