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Foley & Lardner LLP

Benefits Basics – When an Employee Becomes Disabled: A Resource Guide for HR & Benefits Professionals

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When an employee becomes disabled, a variety of questions arise regarding that employee’s entitlement to compensation and benefits. As a member of your company’s human resources or employee benefits department, employees and...more

Saul Ewing LLP

The Friday Five: Five ERISA Litigation Highlights - June 2024

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This month’s Friday Five explores recent decisions with issues spanning physician power of attorney to preexisting exclusions and the fiduciary duty of an insurance company....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Tenth Circuit to Decide Case that Could Substantially Change Health Plan Denial Letters

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In October 2022, the Tenth Circuit heard oral argument in D.K. et al. v. United Behavioral Health et al., a case that could significantly impact what health plans must include in any notification to claimants of an adverse...more

Robinson+Cole ERISA Claim Defense Blog

Second Circuit Clarifies That Reclassification of Health Status That Limits Scope of Disability Benefits Does Not Constitute...

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In Ruderman v. Liberty Mut. Grp., Inc., No. 21-817, 2022 WL 244086 (2d Cir. Jan. 27, 2022), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that reclassification of a claimant’s disability from one that is...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

COVID-19: Benefits FAQs for Health and Welfare Plans

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Employers impacted by COVID-19 have a variety of questions regarding the situation’s effect on employee health and welfare plans - particularly on how to maintain compliance with state and federal regulations....more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Work in the Time of COVID-19: FAQs for Employers

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Employee Benefit Questions - If I furlough or lay off employees, can I continue some or all of their benefits during the leave? There may be ways to continue some or all benefits during a furlough or layoff.  Each plan...more

Saul Ewing LLP

The Friday Five: Five Current ERISA Litigation Highlights – March 2019

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This month’s Friday Five covers recent cases relating to interpretation of the term, "own occupation," the appropriate remedy for termination of benefits where the administrator’s review was limited to the "own occupation"...more

Saul Ewing LLP

The Friday Five: Five Current ERISA Litigation Highlights – January 2019

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This month's Friday Five covers three cases that address issues that can be critical for LTD insurers litigating matters in federal court, specifically issues related to injunctions, statutes of limitations and ERISA...more

Saul Ewing LLP

The Friday Five: Five Current ERISA Litigation Highlights – November 2018

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This month’s Friday Five covers recent cases ruling on the enforceability of self-reported symptom limitations in policies, the scope of the term "plan document," the propriety of an insurer’s reliance on surveillance over...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Ninth Circuit Holds that ERISA Preempts State Insurance Law Bans on Discretionary Clauses for Self-Funded ERISA Plans

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently confirmed that ERISA preempts state insurance law bans on discretionary clauses for self-funded ERISA plans....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Health Care Reform in Transition While Congress Deliberates

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Changes are imminent for the Affordable Care Act and a range of other laws and regulations affecting the health care industry. Ballard Spahr attorneys established a Health Care Reform Initiative in 2008 to monitor and analyze...more

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