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This ERISA blog is designed for ERISA plan participants and beneficiaries. The goal is to help you understand your legal rights under an ERISA plan, including a 401k plan, a traditional pension plan or a group health plan–and to help you decide if you need to sue to enforce those rights. This ERISA blog also includes related areas we have cases in: vaccination mandate law and healthcare sharing law.
ADVENTIST HEALTH AND RIDEOUT EMPLOYEE WELFARE PLAN
The Adventist Health and Rideout Employee Welfare Plan 501 is a self-insured group health plan under ERISA. The Plan...
PODCAST RE: LA COUNTY VACCINATION MANDATE
Here is the LINK to a podcast posted today by Andy Lawrence and Nole Lilley (A Warrior's Perspective) addressing and...
THE PROBLEM WITH ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
A major focus of this ERISA blog is to highlight the differences between standard pension investments (such as mutual...
DECEPTIVE USE OF “NET ASSET VALUE” IN PENSION PLANS
Many pension plans deceptively use "net asset value" for valuing plan assets--and therefore do not present a fair...
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS AND SELF-DEALING
-Every 401(k) plan and defined benefit plan has an investment advisor. The investment advisor has a fiduciary...
Watch Out for Liability Driven Investment Strategies
Check your defined benefit pension plan to see if your investment manager deploys Liability Driven Investment...
About this Blog
This ERISA blog is for ERISA plan participants and beneficiaries. The goal is to help you understand your legal rights under an ERISA plan, including a 401k plan, a traditional pension plan or group health plans. This ERISA blog also includes other areas we have cases in: vaccination mandate law and healthcare sharing law.
About the Author
Kevin McBride is an ERISA litigation lawyer in Los Angeles, with cases nationwide. He is admitted into three California US District Courts (Central, Southern, and Northern), the US District Court for the District of Utah, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. McBride holds a BA degree in Economics from the University of Utah and a JD from the University of Utah College of Law, where he served on the Utah Law Review. He is a member of the Federalist Society and the Federal Bar Association.