Author: Andrew Holly

Andrew represents clients in a wide range of complex civil matters.

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California Court Refuses to Decertify Class Action Based on Ninth Circuit’s Decision in Wit

In Wit v. United Behavioral Health, the Ninth Circuit recently rejected a lower court’s order certifying a class of participants in a dispute over behavioral health guidelines used to process claims for benefits. A California district court recently rejected Aetna’s motion to decertify an existing...

Courts Address Participant Standing to Challenge Fees and Payments Received by Group Health Plan Service Providers

As we recently suggested, ERISA disputes over the fees and expenses charged to employer or union sponsored group health plans may well become the next wave in ERISA litigation. At minimum, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 creates new disclosure obligations on service providers of...

Actuarial Equivalence Fight Goes to the First Circuit

Yet another battle in the actuarial equivalence fight has just been resolved—and is immediately headed for appellate review. In Belknap v. Partners Healthcare System, Inc., the Plaintiff argued that the annuity payment he received from his plan was not the “actuarial equivalent” of the single...

Sanctions Hit U.S. Pension Plans

Early reports suggested that a pension fund for Kentucky teachers lost approximately $13 million invested in Sberbank, one of Russia’s largest banks. The pension plan quickly refuted these stories, reporting that the plan sold its interests on Feb. 23, the day before Russia invaded Ukraine...

Defendants Score Two Victories in 401(k) Fee Cases

Fiduciaries are not guarantors of an investment’s success.  Rather, all they are asked to do is be diligent, prudent, and loyal in managing an investment’s success—the ultimate success or failure of the investment does not determine whether a fiduciary has properly complied with their duties. ...

Cross-Plan Offset Claims Dismissed Against UnitedHealth for Lack of Constitutional Standing

The United States Supreme Court’s constitutional standing decision in Thole continues to reverberate throughout ERISA litigation.  In Scott v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc., the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota dismissed challenges to United’s cross-plan offsetting practices because the plaintiffs, plan participants, themselves...