Allison Crowe
Subscribe to Allison Crowe's PostsAllison Crowe focuses her practice on employee benefits and executive compensation. She regularly represents clients facing litigation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). She represents plan sponsors, directors, benefits committees and plan fiduciaries of employee benefits plans, including employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), in class action litigation for breach of fiduciary duty and prohibited transactions, as well as in lawsuits and investigations brought by the Department of Labor. Read Allison Crowe's full bio.
San Antonio Temporarily Suspends Paid Sick Leave Law Amidst Legal Challenge from Business Groups
By Allison Crowe and Samantha Souza on Aug 15, 2019
Posted In Benefit Controversies, Employee Benefits
In the past few years, several states and localities have passed paid sick leave laws. These laws generally require employers to offer workers paid sick leave due to illness or injury, domestic or sexual assault, or care of a family member. Proponents of paid sick leave laws say that they help the local economy by...
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US Supreme Court to Review Unusual Second Circuit Decision in Stock Drop Case Against IBM
By Allison Crowe and J. Christian Nemeth on Jun 11, 2019
Posted In Benefit Controversies, Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), Fiduciary and Investment Issues, Retirement Plans
On Monday, the US Supreme Court agreed to review the Second Circuit’s decision in Jander v. Retirement Plans Committee of IBM, a “stock drop” lawsuit against IBM’s benefit plan fiduciaries. The Second Circuit’s decision marked one of the few times a federal court permitted a “stock drop” lawsuit to survive dismissal since the Supreme Court’s...
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