Thursday, May 21st, 2009
9th Cir: ERISA Standing and Retirement Benefits
A 9th Circuit panel has reversed its earlier ruling (reported here) and held that (1) former employees have standing to challenge the company’s elimination of retirement benefits and that (2) the trial court erred in granting summary judgment for the employer on the merits.
On the merits, the panel, on rehearing, looked at language in […]