Neil v. Zell
Jan 01, 2012OUTCOME: $32 million settlement
ERISA class action on behalf of 13,000 participants in the Tribune Company ESOP. The Court had awarded summary judgment on a prohibited transaction claim.
Oakland, CA
Employee benefits Lawyer at Oakland, CA
Practice Areas: Employee Benefits, Employment & Labor
OUTCOME: $32 million settlement
ERISA class action on behalf of 13,000 participants in the Tribune Company ESOP. The Court had awarded summary judgment on a prohibited transaction claim.
OUTCOME: $8 million
Vacation pay class action on behalf of temporary employees.
OUTCOME: Confidential settlement
Ninth Circuit en banc decision establishing new standard of review for employee benefits claims. The case has been cited over 700 times in later court opinions.
OUTCOME: Confidential dollar settlement for class members
Represented more than 7,000 employees in class action in both federal and state courts in case involving vacation pay improperly withheld upon termination in nonqualifying purported ERISA plan trust go ... verned by Cal. Labor Code vacation pay statute. Court-approved settlement was confidential, but the court awarded plaintiffs' counsel $1.2 million in attorneys fees due to successful outcome.