ERISA Forfeiture Appeals: 1 Ruling In, Arguments Coming In Late May

( May 13, 2026, 8:13 AM EDT) -- The first appellate ruling on the wave of putative class Employee Retirement Income Security Act challenges to a common use of forfeited nonvested matching retirement contributions has now been issued, but at least 14 appeals of dismissal rulings remain pending and oral argument is scheduled for late May in three of those appeals, with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to participate in those arguments as amicus curiae....