ERISA Preempts Negligence, Breach Claims Over Retirement Plan; Remand Denied

Mealey's (May 18, 2022, 1:01 PM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — Ruling that there was no lack of unanimous consent to removal and that the plaintiffs’ “claims are completely preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act,” a Maryland federal judge on May 16 denied the plaintiffs’ motion to remand a suit in which they allege they were sold a retirement plan that was “completely unsuitable and inappropriate.”...