No. 23-1094
AT&T Services, Inc., et al. v. Robert J. Bugielski, et al.
Tags: arm's-length-agreement circuit-conflict employee-benefit-plan employee-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty precedent prohibited-transaction
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA Securities
Arbitration ERISA Securities
Latest Conference:
2025-04-25
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a fiduciary to an employee benefit plan causes the plan to engage in a prohibited transaction under Section 406(a)(1)(C) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 by entering a routine, arm's-length agreement for plan services
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a fiduciary to an employee benefit plan causes the plan to engage in a prohibited transaction under Section 406(a)(1)(C) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 by entering a routine, arm’s-length agreement for plan services.
Docket Entries
2025-04-28
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/25/2025.
2024-09-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-27
Reply of petitioners AT&T Services, Inc., et al. filed.
2024-08-27
Reply of AT&T Services, Inc., et al. submitted.
2024-08-09
Brief of respondents Robert Bugielski, et al. in opposition filed.
2024-08-09
Brief of Robert Bugielski in opposition submitted.
2024-07-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 9, 2024.
2024-07-08
Motion of Robert J. Bugielski, et al. for an extension of time submitted.
2024-07-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 10, 2024 to August 9, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-06-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including July 10, 2024.
2024-06-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 10, 2024 to July 10, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-05-09
Brief amici curiae of The ERISA Industry Committee, et al. filed.
2024-05-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 10, 2024. (30-day extension)
2024-04-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 9, 2024 to June 10, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-04-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 9, 2024)
2024-02-28
Application (23A637) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until April 6, 2024.
2024-02-26
Application (23A637) to extend further the time from March 7, 2024 to April 6, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.
2024-01-11
Application (23A637) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 7, 2024.
2024-01-08
Application (23A637) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 6, 2024 to March 7, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
AT&T Services, Inc., et al.
Allyson Ho — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Petitioner
Allyson Ho — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Petitioner
Robert Bugielski
John Joseph Nestico — Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP, Respondent
Robert J. Bugielski, et al.
John Nestico — Schneider Wallace LLP, Respondent
John Nestico — Schneider Wallace LLP, Respondent
The ERISA Industry Committee, The American Benefits Council, The Spark Institute, and Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets Inc.
Ada Wilona Dolph — Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, Amicus
Ada Wilona Dolph — Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, Amicus