A case brought in 2016 against Cornell University will be reviewed for how strictly the courts should read ERISA on transactions between plan sponsors and service providers. The U.S. Supreme Court has ...

The Department of Labor has asked the Supreme Court to support former participants in two Cornell University 403(b) plans who allege the plans’ charged excessive fees and that the plans’ contracts ...

The plaintiffs in Cunningham v. Cornell University were a group of current and former Cornell University employees who participated in two defined-contribution retirement plans from 2010 to 2016. In ...

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When President Gerald Ford signed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, it marked a revolutionary overhaul of employer-sponsored retirement plans. Before ERISA, employers and unions ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 4 announced it would hear oral arguments on an 8-year-old lawsuit by current and former members of two Cornell University 403(b) plans who allege the plans’ arrangements ...

The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on Jan. 22 involving the University and its employee retirement plan, with the potential to reshape how retirement plan administrators are ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent unanimous decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University has altered the litigation landscape for benefit plan fiduciaries and their insurers. Understanding those changes ...