Welcome to the Spring edition of Benefits Litigation Update, brought to you by The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and the law firm Epstein Becker & Green.

As a new Congress, and a new executive branch, work on major legislation to reform the nation’s health system, as well as the tax system (likely to include the retirement system), it’s easy to focus on Washington – but legal developments in benefits are just as important, and often times a significant court case can have more practical effects on businesses’ benefits administration that whatever exciting new legislation is being debated in Congress.