Labor Secretary Says ERISA Provides Relief Sought Against PricewaterhouseCoopers

Mealey's (August 20, 2018, 12:34 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — In an Aug. 15 amicus curiae brief filed on behalf of the U.S. secretary of Labor, the secretary asserts that the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should find that a New York federal judge erred in granting a motion by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) for summary judgment on the pleadings in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action seeking a recalculation of benefits because ERISA allows the equitable relief sought by the plaintiffs (Timothy D. Laurent, et al. v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, et al., No. 18-487, 2nd Cir.)....

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