"[T]he Seventh Circuit reversed a district court's sua sponte summary judgment ruling and held that a plan participant did not effectively remove his ex-spouse as the primary beneficiary of an ERISA-governed retirement plan where he failed to comply -- substantially or otherwise -- with the plan's prescribed beneficiary-change procedures." [Packaging Corp. of Am. Thrift Plan for Hourly Emps. v. Langdon, No. 25-1859 (7th Cir. Feb. 2, 2026)]  MORE >>