During the third quarter of 2021, 23 ERISA-related lawsuits were filed and/or updated. Each event represents the involved parties either reaching a settlement or filing an appeal, or a court decision was made. The parties involved in the ERISA lawsuits in the third quarter included four financial firms, two universities, and prominent companies such as NVIDIA Corp., Juniper Networks Inc., Kraft Heinz Food Co., American Airlines Inc. and Koch Industries. Northwestern University’s case was accepted for review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

During the second quarter of 2021, 44 ERISA-related lawsuits were filed and/or updated. Each event represents the involved parties either reaching a settlement or filing an appeal, or a court decision was made. During the second quarter of 2021, 16 stories were written on non-ERISA lawsuits that involve legal prosecution or settlements, and an additional 86 legislation and regulation stories were written.

During the first quarter of 2021, 30 ERISA-related lawsuits were filed and/or updated. Each instance represents the involved parties either reaching a settlement or filing an appeal, or a court decision was made. The parties involved in the ERISA lawsuits in the first quarter included 10 financial firms, two health care-related firms, two universities, and prominent companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Raytheon Co., General Electric Co., Intel Corp., Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc., and IBM, whose case was reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

During the third quarter, 45 ERISA-related lawsuits were filed or updated, including settlements, appeals and court decisions.