Jurisdiction, Employee Benefits, Employer Liability Issues

Yes, an Arbitrator Can Exceed Their Powers in the Eleventh Circuit

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. on 7/14/2025

The reports of the death of Section 10 of the FAA may have been greatly exaggerated. Thursday, a majority of the Eleventh Circuit held in Nalco Co. LLC v. Bonday that an arbitration award was subject to vacatur under Section...more

First District Court of Appeal Overturns Attendant Care Award Due to Lack of Specificity in Judge’s Findings

Marshall Dennehey on 4/16/2025

Girardin v. AN Fort Myers Imports, LLC, Fla. 1st DCA, No. 1D2022-1485, February 19, 2025 - The First District Court of Appeal overturned an award for nonprofessional attendant care because the judge of compensation claims...more

If Pain, Yes Gain – Part 124 : Massachusetts Expands Covered Sick Time Reasons to Include Reproductive Loss Events

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/3/2024

Effective November 21, 2024, Massachusetts employers must allow employees to use Massachusetts Earned Sick Time to address the employee’s or the employee’s spouse’s physical or mental health needs related to pregnancy loss or...more

Ninth Circuit Enforces Hawaii Anti-Reimbursement Statutes Against Insured Plan

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 10/2/2019

ERISA health care plans typically include reimbursement and subrogation clauses, which give plans a right to reimbursement of medical expenses paid on behalf of a beneficiary where the injury is caused by a third party. While...more

South Carolina: Employee Benefits Bill a Reminder of What Local Jurisdictions Can Mandate

Maynard Nexsen on 3/30/2017

Fresh off the overwhelming rejection of union representation by Boeing employees in February, and with commentators largely crediting the state’s manufacturing boom to its right to work laws and lowest-in-the-nation 1.6%...more

Jurisdiction › Employee Benefits › Employer Liability Issues

Yes, an Arbitrator Can Exceed Their Powers in the Eleventh Circuit

First District Court of Appeal Overturns Attendant Care Award Due to Lack of Specificity in Judge’s Findings

If Pain, Yes Gain – Part 124 : Massachusetts Expands Covered Sick Time Reasons to Include Reproductive Loss Events

Ninth Circuit Enforces Hawaii Anti-Reimbursement Statutes Against Insured Plan

South Carolina: Employee Benefits Bill a Reminder of What Local Jurisdictions Can Mandate

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