ERISA Litigation Roundup: Forum Selection Clause in Plan Recognized as Valid

A Ninth Circuit panel in In re Becker has held that the district court properly enforced a forum selection clause in an ERISA-sponsored 401(k) plan in litigation on alleged improper plan management.

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