Judge Rebuffs Appointments Challenge In ERISA Benefits Suit Over Spinoff

( March 19, 2025, 2:24 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — After conducting a bench trial in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action over corporate restructuring that affected retirement benefits and issuing a mixed December ruling as to liability, a Pennsylvania federal judge on March 18 denied a motion in which the defendants sought emergency relief regarding his appointment of “an independent technical adviser on ERISA” and a special master as to remedies....