LAURENT v. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Docket No. 18-487-cv August Term 2019.

945 F.3d 739 (2019)

Timothy D. LAURENT and Smeeta Sharon, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, The Retirement Benefit Accumulation Plan for Employees of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, The Administrative Committee to the Retirement Benefit Accumulation Plan for Employees of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: December 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Penny Clark , Bredhoff & Kaiser, PLLC, Washington, DC ( Eli Gottesdiener , Gottesdiener Law Firm, PLLC, Brooklyn, New York, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Daniel J. Thomasch ( Richard W. Mark , Amer S. Ahmed , and Alejandro A. Herrera , on the brief), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees.

Brendan Ballard , Trial Attorney ( Kate O'Scannlain , Solicitor of Labor, G. William Scott , Assistant Solicitor for Plan Benefits Security, and Thomas Tso , Counsel for Appellate and Special Litigation, on the brief), U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae U.S. Secretary of Labor.

Brian T. Burgess , William M. Jay , Jaime A. Santos , James O. Fleckner , and Alison V. Douglass , Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts, and Steven P. Lehotsky , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, the American Benefits Council, the Business Roundtable, and the ERISA Industry Committee.

Before: Katzmann, Chief Judge, and Chin and Droney, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiffs-appellants Timothy D. Laurent and Smeeta Sharon ("Plaintiffs"), on behalf of themselves and similarly situated former employees of defendant-appellee PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC"), brought this action in 2006 alleging that their retirement plan — the "Retirement Benefit Accumulation Plan for Employees...

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