SCOTUS to Decide Evidence Needed to Sue Employer Retirement Plans

Litigation attorney Lindsey Camp was quoted in a Medill on The Hill article discussing a U.S. Supreme Court case concerning the evidence required for plaintiffs to sue employers over retirement plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The case, Cunningham v. Cornell University, focuses on whether plaintiffs need to demonstrate additional proof of fiduciary misconduct beyond prohibited transactions. Ms. Camp highlighted the importance of resolving the current circuit split on the issue.

"That's why the Supreme Court took the case because there needs to be an answer to the question so that you can have the uniformity that encourages plan sponsors to even have plans in the first place," she said.

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