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The Friday Five: Five ERISA Litigation Highlights - August 2025

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This month’s Friday Five explores recent decisions including deference to initial benefits decisions in de novo reviews, the recovery of fees incurred in pre-litigation administrative proceedings, proof of disability due to...more

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The LHD/ERISA Advisor - October 2020: Tenth Circuit Finds District Court Applied Wrong Standard of Review in Evaluating Plan...

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In Lyn M. v. Premera Blue Cross, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 23395 (10th Cir. July 24, 2020), the Tenth Circuit held that a district court had applied the wrong standard of review and incorrectly evaluated an ERISA plan...more

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The 10th Circuit’s New Interpretation of What is Mandated under ERISA’s Notice Requirements May have Far Reaching Effects On Plan...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A recent 10th Circuit decision holding that in order for the abuse of discretion standard to apply in litigation the claims administrator must provide participants with actual notice of discretionary...more

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The LHD/ERISA Advisor: Court Applies "Reasoned Approach" in Upholding Insurer's Denial of LTD Claim

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In Creed v. Hartford Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17613, (S.D. Ohio February 4, 2020), the court applied a "reasoned explanation" approach to hold that the evidence supported an insurer's decision to deny an...more

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The LHD/ERISA Advisor: First Circuit Holds Decision to Deny Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefits Not an Abuse of Discretion

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In Arruda v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 951 F.3d 12, 13 (1st Cir. 2020), the First Circuit held that a claims administrator's decision to deny accidental death and dismemberment benefits was not an abuse of discretion where...more

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