It’s hard to prevent AI from becoming the theme of any end of the week roundup of the news, and that is true here as well to some extent, particularly with regard to the potential risks that AI poses for employers who offer benefit plans. However, I have managed to sneak in some stories about
Last week’s Five Favorites for Friday post ran a little heavy, with a focus on five different issues and articles concerning the Department of Labor’s new proposed regulation intended to somehow reduce class action litigation and increase participants’ exposure to alternative investments all at the same time. That seems like a trick worthy of Penn
It’s déjà vu all over again, as the famous quote goes.
The great thing about being a lawyer long enough is that eventually, everything that is old becomes new again. Early in my career, I was coverage counsel for an insurer who issued policies to various ancillary defendants in the tobacco litigation brought by states
I am going with a special edition of the Five Favorites post this week, solely covering five stories about the Department of Labor’s new proposed regulation addressing the issue of adding alternative assets, such as private equity and crypto, to the investments offered in 401(k) plans. For each one, I have included my own questions
The first case I tried as a first chair was a Chapter 93A case.
The first big money – north of $20 million – case I ever tried as a first chair was a Chapter 93A case.
The most recent case I tried included a Chapter 93A claim.
In between and mixed among them, I
I found myself feeling very zen and mellow when writing this week’s Five Favorites for Friday post. That’s not always the case, as often the post covers topics that get me quite agitated, such as articles about poorly reasoned court decisions or about unnecessary risks to plan participants. That wasn’t the case this week and
I have written before that plan sponsors should try more ERISA breach of fiduciary duty cases to verdict if they, and their insurers, really want to dissuade class action lawyers from filing ERISA breach of fiduciary duty class action cases with weak liability theories or worse, as simply a strike suit targeted at getting a
