Case Updates
Fifth Circuit holds that ERISA’s prohibition on transactions with parties in interest does not apply to new service providers who are not already providing services to the plan
December 14, 2023
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in Fifth Circuit regarding the scope of ERISA’s prohibition on transactions between the plan and a “party in interest”
April 26, 2023
Click here to view the Chamber's amicus brief.
Jaime A. Santos and Jesse Lempel of Goodwin Procter LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.
Case Documents
- District Court Opinion (S.D. Tex.)
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- D.L. Markham v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co. (Fifth Circuit)
- Opinion -- D.L. Markham v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co. (Fifth Circuit)