Henkin v. AT & T CORP.

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

STORY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, both current and former employees of Defendant AT & T Corporation [“AT & T”], bring this proposed class action alleging Defendants violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act [“ERISA”], 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. by excluding putative class members from participating in an early retirement program offered to certain AT & T managerial employees. Plaintiffs also bring related federal claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act [“ADEA”], 29 U.S.C. §§ 621, et seq. (1994) and the Older Worker Benefits Protection Act…