Brigid McCarthy
Subscribe to Brigid McCarthy's PostsBrigid McCarthy focuses her practice on commercial litigation matters. During law school, Brigid competed on the Julius H. Miner Moot Court and participated in the Bluhm Legal Clinic. She served as a judicial extern for the Hon. William J. Bauer of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a judicial intern for the Hon. Michael T. Mason of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She also interned at the Office of General Counsel to the Illinois Governor. Read Brigid McCarthy's full bio.
Big ERISA Decisions on the Horizon—SCOTUS to Review Third ERISA Case this Term
By Brigid McCarthy, Brian Tiemann, J. Christian Nemeth and Richard J. Pearl on Jul 23, 2019
Posted In Benefit Controversies, Employee Benefits, Fiduciary and Investment Issues, Retirement Plans
The US Supreme Court recently agreed to review the Eighth Circuit’s decision in Thole v. US Bank, in which the Eighth Circuit held that participants in an overfunded defined benefit pension plan lack standing to sue for fiduciary breaches under ERISA. The Supreme Court’s decision in this case—the third ERISA case accepted by the court...
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