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Untrustworthy: Erisa’S Eroded Fiduciary Law, Peter J. Wiedenbeck
Untrustworthy: Erisa’S Eroded Fiduciary Law, Peter J. Wiedenbeck
William & Mary Law Review
The trust law analogy has come to dominate judicial thinking about employee benefit plans. Yet despite its rise to rhetorical prominence, ERISA fiduciary law has been dramatically transformed by a series of uncoordinated, low-visibility judicial decisions on multiple fronts. These apparently unconnected case law developments reveal a startling pattern of mutually reinforcing restrictions on ERISA’s protection of pension and welfare benefits. This study chronicles ERISA’s trust law turn to expose how untrustworthy workers’ benefit safeguards have become. Both the scope and the intensity of fiduciary oversight have been radically pruned back in the courts. Notwithstanding the congressional declaration that attempts …
Applying Equitable Estoppel To Erisa Pension Benefit Claims, Adam S. Mcgonigle
Applying Equitable Estoppel To Erisa Pension Benefit Claims, Adam S. Mcgonigle
William & Mary Law Review
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