Newly Added Defendants In ERISA Fiduciary Breach Suit Must Be Dismissed

Mealey's (February 28, 2019, 11:57 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on Feb. 25 refused to reconsider a previous ruling allowing plaintiffs’ claims for breach of fiduciary duty and injunctive relief in a class action lawsuit against AT&T to proceed; however, the judge said the plaintiffs cannot add new individual defendants to a third amended complaint because the plaintiffs failed to allege any facts to support their contention that the newly added individual defendants breached any fiduciary duty in managing AT&T’s retirement plan (Julio C. Alas, et al. v. AT&T, Inc., et al., No. 17-08106, C.D. Calif.)....