"Courts presiding over the recent spate of lawsuits challenging defined benefit (DB) plan pension risk transfers (PRTs) have issued mixed rulings on whether plaintiffs can proceed with their ERISA claims.... [L]lower courts considering PRT cases are now confronting an issue the high court left unresolved in Thole: Whether DB plan participants can establish standing by alleging that a fiduciary breach has put their future benefits at increased risk."  MORE >>