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Saul Ewing LLP

The Friday Five: Five ERISA Litigation Highlights - March 2025

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This month’s Friday Five addresses cases covering ERISA preemption, the viability of a claim for benefits where the claimant alleges to have not received notice of a prior claim denial, an affirmance by the Circuit Court of a...more

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New Tool to Contain Employer Healthcare Costs

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Healthcare coverage became an employer-offered benefit during World War II as the result of the federal government’s wage and price controls. Since that time, Medicare has become an important part of how healthcare is...more

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2018 End of Year Plan Sponsor "To Do" List (Part 3) - Qualified Retirement Plans

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As 2018 comes to an end, we are pleased to present you with our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we are publishing our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. Part 1 covered...more

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New Disability Claims Procedures Affect Retirement Plans and Deferred Compensation Plans Too

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Much has been written about the Department of Labor’s final rule regarding disability benefit claims procedures (the “Final Rule”), which took effect on April 2, 2018. And by now, most employers – and all disability insurance...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: New Disability Claims Procedures Not an April Fools’ Joke; Changes to ERISA Regulations Applicable April 1

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Earlier this year the US Department of Labor ("DOL") announced that regulations specifying new procedural requirements for administration of disability benefits claims under plans that are subject to the Employee Retirement...more

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Beware of those plan document restatement requests

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Every 6 years or so, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requests that retirement plan documents be restated to comply with current law. While it’s a great thing for ERISA attorneys and third-party administrators, it’s not so...more

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Action Needed by Certain ERISA Plans – New Disability Claims Procedures Apply Beginning April 2018

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In January 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that final regulations affecting how some ERISA plans process claims and appeals will apply beginning April 1, 2018. As explained below, the final regulations...more

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New Disability Claims Procedures Impact a Broad Range of Employee Benefit Plans

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The Department of Labor announced earlier this month that regulations on claims and appeals for employer-provided disability benefits will go into effect on April 1, 2018. The announcement comes following a delay in the...more

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ERISA Newsletter - Fourth Quarter 2017

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Editor's Overview - For over two decades, federal law has required covered health plans and insurers to ensure that certain mental health benefits are in parity with offered medical/surgical benefits. The meaning of...more

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