G&R was recently been awarded summary judgment by the Central District Court in an ERISA litigation case against the Plan Administrator of the Twenty-First Century Fox Severance Plan, The Walt Disney Company and Twenty-First Century Fox. This significant victory was covered in the legal community, with coverage appearing in Bloomberg Law and Law360. The Bloomberg Law article may be found here:
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/ex-21st-century-fox-vp-wins-severance-for-disney-merger-job-loss and the Law360 article here: https://www.law360.com/articles/1534649.
Plaintiff Bernadette Paine filed her initial complaint for severance benefits under ERISA and breaches of fiduciary duties under ERISA on September 21, 2020 (Case No. 2:20-cv-08610-VP-KS). In an Order dated September 27, 2022, Judge Virginia Phillips awarded summary judgment to Plaintiff Bernadette Paine for her claim for severance benefits.