Case Name: Grabek v. Northrop Grumman Corp.

Court: U.S. Dist. Ct. CD Cal.    Docket: 06-cv-06213-R CJC

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Case Issue: Did employer violate its ERISA fiduciary duties by permitting participants of its 401(k) Plan and its Employer Stock Plan to be charged excessive plan administration fees?

Case Name: Gray v. Citigroup, see also Citigroup ERISA Litigation

Court: U.S. Supreme Court    Docket: 11-1531

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Case Result: Court denied certiorari leaving intact the decision that plan ficuciary had not violated fiduciary duty in offering company stock.

Case Name: Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Ins.

Court: U.S. Supreme Court    Docket: 09-448

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Case Result:  Claimant need not be a "prevailing party" to be eligible for an attorney's fees award under ERISA Section 1132(g)(1).

Case Name: Hecker v. Deere

Court: U.S. Supreme Court   Docket: 09-447

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Case Result:  Certiorari denied from holding that ERISA immunizes a fiduciary from responsibility where 401(k) participant exercises control over investments in account.

Case Name: Hulsmeyer v. Hospice of Southwest Ohio

Court: Ohio, Ct. App., 1st Appellate Dist.   Docket: C120822

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Case Issuc: Is long term care facility employee who reports suspected elder abuse to employer and suspected victims family protected from retaliation under state law?

Case Name: Kanawi v. Bechtel Corp.

Court: U.S. Ct. App. 9th Cir.    Docket: 09-16253

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Case Result: Case remanded to the district court for approval of settlement.

Case Name: Kopp v. Klein

Court: U.S. Ct. App. 5th Cir.    Docket: 12-10416

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Case Issue: In an ERISA breach of fiduciary duty suit, does the presumption of prudence as to the offering of employer stock in an eligible Individual Account Plan apply at the pleading stage?