F. Hodge O'Neal Corporate and Securities Law Symposium

Closing the Gap: Safeguarding Participants' Rights by Expanding the Federal Common Law of ERISA

Author: Jayne Elizabeth Zanglein (Texas Tech University School of Law)

  • Closing the Gap: Safeguarding Participants' Rights by Expanding the Federal Common Law of ERISA

    F. Hodge O'Neal Corporate and Securities Law Symposium

    Closing the Gap: Safeguarding Participants' Rights by Expanding the Federal Common Law of ERISA

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Abstract

This Article will explore the current boundaries of the federal common law of ERISA and will urge the expansion of these boundaries to protect plan participants who have been betrayed without a remedy.

Keywords: Qualified benefit plans, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, United States, Employee fringe benefits, Federal preemption (Labor law), Insurance crimes, Bad faith (Law), Contracts

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1994-01-01

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