Erisa Litigation, 4th Edition

ERISA cases are complex and often contain multiple issues that are difficult to untangle in order to analyze and litigate each issue effectively. ERISA Litigation, Fourth Edition supplies complete analysis of the developments in heavily litigated areas such as standard of review, preemption, fiduciary duties, pension plan investments, and retiree welfare benefits, as well as of cutting-edge problem areas such as privacy, contingent workers, managed care, and RICO. ERISA Litigation provides clear and straightforward analysis of complex areas of ERISA, as well as of recent important Supreme Court decisions that affect benefits, including CIGNA Corp. v. Amara, Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., Conkright v. Frommert, Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for DuPont Savings & Investment Plan, and others. The treatise covers critical information on remedies, the appropriate standard of review in benefits cases, managed care litigation, exhaustion of internal remedies, attorneys fees, proper parties, fiduciary status, 401(k)/employer securities litigation, and many other topics. Contributing authors participate with chapters relevant to their practice areas. Experienced ERISA attorneys who are ERISA specialists and some of the leading ERISA litigators in the nation serve as contributors on many chapters. The new Fourth Edition includes one completely new chapter and eleven chapters that are revised and significantly updated by new contributing authors. ERISA Litigation has been overhauled since the publication of the previous edition to take into account changes in pleading requirements as a result of the Supreme Court s decision in Ashcroft v. Iqbal; the availability of remedies after Amara and LaRue; factors applicable to the determination of attorneys fees after Hardt; the appropriate standard of review after Glenn and Frommert; and the proliferation of mutual fund fees cases and class actions. Other new topics discussed in the Fourth Edition include: CIGNA Corp. v. Amara s dichotomy in which plan terms trump SPDs but the door opens for remedies to redress faulty SPDs The fact that erroneous interpretations of plan terms do not strip a plan administrator of discretionary authority in subsequent related decisions, under Frommert Conflicts of interest after Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Glenn Prevailing party status in attorneys fees cases following Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co. Ongoing developments in class action litigation and fiduciary duty litigation, especially in 401(k) and ESOP investments in employer stock Fees and expenses litigation in defined contribution plans.