( July 30, 2026, 12:51 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Citing Yegiazaryan v. Smagin and finding “a clear indication that” the Employee Retirement Income Security Act “applies extraterritorially to the plaintiffs’ claims for benefits,” a Pennsylvania federal judge declined to remand a case in which Kosovo residents who say they worked for a U.S.-based company seek long-term disability (LTD) benefits from a U.S.-based insurer; the judge then granted dismissal with leave to amend on the grounds that ERISA preempts all of the employees’ state law claims....