Erica Harzewski, on Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Guidant Corporation

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• holding that plaintiffs could not “sue to obtain the statutory penalty for failing to provide plan documents to a participant, since that penalty [was] not a benefit” listed in the plan
• noting that an ERISA fiduciary’s duty “does not extend to violating the law”
• noting that the Kuntz plaintiffs “were not suing to enforce any entitlement created by the plan” and that the result might have been dif- ferent if the Kuntz plaintiffs had argued that the representa- tions were the plan
• noting that the Kuntz plaintiffs “were not suing to enforce any entitlement created by the plan” and that the result might have been dif- ferent if the Kuntz plaintiffs had argued that the representa- tions were the plan
• “Obviously the named plaintiffs have[Article III] standing to sue ... because if they win they will obtain a tangible benefit.”
• former employees have “standing” to bring breach of fiduciary claims for devalued individual 401(k) accounts even after they have retired and cashed out the benefits

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