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Ninth Circuit Concludes Domestic Partner Entitled To Benefits

The Ninth Circuit concluded that a plan fiduciary abused its discretion in denying survival benefits to a pension plan participant’s domestic partner. In so ruling, the Court explained that the plan’s choice of law provisions provided that the plan...
By: Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ninth-circuit-concludes-domestic-74317/

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