Duke University has agreed to settle a federal Employment Retirement Income Security Act claim brought by employees for $10.65 million, a lawyer for the plaintiffs reports. Jerry Schlichter of Schlichter Bogard & Denton in St. Louis, Missouri, represented over ...

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  Winston-Salem-based banking company BB&T has agreed to settle an Employee Retirement Income Security Act claim brought by its employees for $24 million, an attorney for the plaintiffs reports. Jerry Schlichter of Schlichter Bogard & Denton in St. Louis, Missouri, ...

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Ravin v. Tyndall Federal Credit Union (Lawyers Weekly No. 004-019-17, 16 pp.) (Max Cogburn Jr., J.) 1:17-cv-00146; W.D.N.C. Holding: Although ERISA gives this court personal jurisdiction over the Florida defendants, since (1) a related and more comprehensive case is pending ...

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Like the noxious vapors left behind by a passing smoker, the litigation between R.J. Reynolds Tobacco and 3,500 of its current and former employees has lingered longer than anyone would have liked. But the protracted dispute might finally be close ...

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Tatum v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 003-006-16, 65 pp.) (N. Carlton Tilley Jr., J.) 1:02-cv-00373; M.D.N.C. Holding: Despite the imprudent decision-making process that led the RJ Reynolds defendants to decide to eliminate Nabisco stock from their 401(k) ...

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Stevens v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-02-1079, 11 pp.) (James Dever III, C.J.) 5:15-cv-00257; E.D.N.C. Holding: Plaintiff contends that his state-law fraud, constructive fraud and negligent misrepresentation claims are not preempted by ERISA because they ...

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Wilkinson v. Sun Life & Health Insurance Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-04-0875, 37 pp.) (Richard Voorhees, J.) 5:13-cv-00087; W.D.N.C. Holding: After abandoning two other justifications for terminating plaintiff’s long-term disability benefits, defendant’s third justification is that plaintiff had gone on ...

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Trustees of the Plumbers & Pipefitters Nat’l Pension Fund v. Plumbing Services Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0652, 23 pp.) (Diaz, J.) No. 13-2403, June 29, 2015; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (Ellis, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A plumbing company, which ceased ...

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Pender v. Bank of America Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0575, 34 pp.) (Wynn, J.) No. 14-1011, June 8, 2015; USDC at Charlotte, N.C. (Mullen, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Bank employees who voluntarily transferred assets from their “separate account” 401(k) accounts ...

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Harrison v. Wells Fargo Bank NA (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-01-1153, 21 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 13-2379, Dec. 5, 2014; USDC at Richmond, Va. (Spencer, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: ERISA’s “collaborative” process for reviewing disability claims required defendant plan, at a ...

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