The Keller Rohrback ERISA team, along with co-counsel at Stris & Maher and the Seattle City Attorney, completed its successful defense of a landmark Seattle ordinance when the Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari brought by a nationwide employer association. The ordinance requires large hotels to spend a certain amount for their employees’ health care or pay the employees additional compensation so as to enable them to afford such care.
Congratulations to Keller Rohrback partner, Cari Laufenberg for being recognized by Best Lawyers ® as the 2023 Litigation - ERISA “Lawyer of the Year” award winner in Seattle!
We are excited to announce that Keller Rohrback partner Jeff Lewis has been appointed to the United States Department of Labor Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans for 2022.
We are thrilled to announce that Law360, the preeminent publication for legal news and analysis, has selected Keller Rohrback L.L.P. as one of their 2021 “Practice Groups of the Year” award winners in both the Employee Benefits and Product Liability categories. The awards honor “the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.”
On September 1, 2021, the Ninth Circuit denied the ERISA Industry Committee’s (“ERIC”) petition for rehearing en banc in its lawsuit challenging the City of Seattle’s innovative ordinance to improve access to health care for large hotel employees and their families.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion upholding California’s “Cal Savers” program, which enables workers whose employers do not sponsor retirement plans to save for their retirement.
If you were one of the thousands of people recently laid off by MGM Resorts (“MGM”), Keller Rohrback wants to hear from you. We’re investigating whether MGM violated federal employment and employee benefits laws during these mass layoffs. Please contact us at (800) 776-6044 for a no-cost consultation.
Two of the nation’s largest and most influential employee benefits advocates, the Pension Rights Center and the National Employment Lawyers Association, hired Keller Rohrback to draft and submit a “friend of the court” brief (“amicus” in Latin) in a recent Ninth Circuit appeal. The case is Bafford v. Northrop Grumman Corp., No. 20-55222 (9th Cir.).
Keller Rohrback is investigating whether Avery Dennison and Rollins, Inc. violated federal law by turning over their employees’ and retirees’ pensions to American General Insurance Company, a subsidiary of AIG--a notoriously risky insurer. If you were or are employed by Avery Dennison, Rollins, Inc. or another company that turned its pensions over to American General Insurance Company and are concerned that your pension may be at risk, please contact us at (800) 776-6044.
Last week, a Washington federal judge granted the City of Seattle's motion to dismiss the ERISA Industry Committee v City of Seattle case, which challenged the City's landmark law requiring large hotels to provide access to adequate health care for their employees and the employees’ families. The motion was granted without leave to amend. Our work on this case led to the firm being named one of Law360's Legal Lions.
If you are currently or were previously employed as a financial advisor at J.P. Morgan Chase, BNY Mellon, Royal Bank of Canada, or Morgan Stanley and believe that your employer may have engaged in unlawful conduct with regard to your deferred compensation plan, please contact us.
Keller Rohrback L.L.P. is investigating Starwood Hotels & Resorts (“Starwood”) for breaching its fiduciary duties in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Keller Rohrback L.L.P. is pleased to announce that Honorable Mark L. Wolf of the United States District Court of Massachusetts has approved a $300 million settlement between plaintiffs and State Street Bank and Trust Company (SBBT).
Have you recently been denied approval of claims for mental health and/or substance abuse treatment? If so, there are several active steps you can take and remedies under the MHPAEA or State law that may be available to you.
Keller Rohrback L.L.P. is investigating whether employees and retirees have paid unnecessary and excessive fees in connection with their use of brokerage windows offered through their employer-sponsored 401(k) retirement plans.
A federal appeals court has ruled that a non-contributory, defined benefit pension plan maintained by Advocate Health Care Network of Downers Grove, Illinois does not qualify as a “church plan”
A federal appeals court has ruled that a pension plan established by St. Peter's Healthcare System of New Brunswick, New Jersey does not qualify as a “church plan” exempt from the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the federal pension law that requires such plans to be fully funded and provides employees with certain rights related to benefit entitlements.
Keller Rohrback is currently investigating certain Guaranteed Investment Contracts, certain Stable Value Funds comprised mainly of GICs, and Group Annuity Products, all marketed by insurance companies and/or banks to 401k or other defined contribution pension plans, especially as investment options for plan participants.
