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Federal Appeals Court Decision Reminds Employers About Their Duty to Monitor Service Providers of ERISA-Covered Health and Welfare...

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A federal appeals court just illustrated the importance of an employer’s duty to monitor service providers that assist with the administration of employee welfare benefit plans. In the May 21 decision of Tiara Yachts v. Blue...more

King & Spalding

Eighth Circuit Questions Whether Cross-Plan Offsetting Violates ERISA in Recent Decision Holding that the Underlying Plan...

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On January 15, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit considered whether certain plan documents allowed UnitedHealth Group Inc. and affiliates (“United”) to engage in a practice known as “cross-plan...more

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Eighth Circuit Rejects Cross-Plan Offsetting

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A recent Eighth Circuit decision regarding “cross-plan offsetting” serves as an important reminder of how ERISA’s fiduciary duties impact both employers and fiduciaries who handle claims. The case involved the common...more

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Eighth Circuit Rules that Cross-Plan Offsetting of Payments Is Unreasonable

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On January 15, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an order affirming a lower court’s ruling that UnitedHealth’s interpretation of ERISA plan documents to authorize cross-plan offsetting was...more

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