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The Friday Five: Five ERISA Litigation Highlights - May 2025

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This month’s Friday Five explores decisions from around the country discussing the concept of reasonableness in various forms. One court rejected the parties’ proffered definitions of the term “working” and instead determined...more

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Litigation Lineup: Recent Decisions in Life and Disability Insurance Run into Policy Lapse, COVID-19, and Conflict of Interest...

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Life Policy Lapse Shortly Before Insured’s Death - In Simon v. USAA Life Insurance Co. (Mar. 29, 2024), the insurer denied death benefits under a term life insurance policy, which had lapsed for nonpayment of premium two...more

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The Friday Five: Five ERISA Litigation Highlights - November 2023

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This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to petitions for attorneys’ fees, unpersuasive self-reported evidence of disability, and a dilatory attempt to augment the administrative record....more

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The Friday Five: Five ERISA Litigation Highlights - September 2023

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This month’s Friday Five explores decisions regarding the timeliness of appeals, the support necessary to sustain an LTD termination decision, a court’s discretion to credit and discredit expert opinions, the circumstances...more

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The Friday Five: Five ERISA Litigation Highlights - August 2023

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This month’s Friday Five addresses two cases involving disability claims that touch on Covid-19, a Circuit Court ruling for an insurer, a district court ruling that a 20-year-old regulatory settlement precluded an insurer...more

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The Friday Five: Five Current ERISA Litigation Highlights - January 2023

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This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to discovery in ERISA benefits cases, an appellate court strictly interpreting ERISA regulatory deadlines, a district court authorizing an ERISA breach of fiduciary duty claim...more

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The Friday Five: Five Current ERISA Litigation Highlights - March 2022

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This month’s Friday Five explores recent decisions tackling a myriad of issues, including: (1) whether reclassification of a claimant’s health status constitutes an adverse benefit determination; (2) whether remand is the...more

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The Friday Five: Five Current ERISA Litigation Highlights - November 2021

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This month’s Friday Five highlights equitable claims under ERISA, the applicability of an arbitration provision that fails to allow for plan-wide remedies, and the ongoing discretion in interpretation and application of...more

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The Friday Five: Five Current ERISA Litigation Highlights – March 2021

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This month’s Friday Five discusses cases that address the meaning of “active, full-time employee,” whether remand is required where an improper standard of review was applied, the standard for capacity in reference to a...more

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ERISA Legal News - 1st Quarter, 2013 • Volume 4, Number 1

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In This Issue: - Supreme Court Update: Where Plan Reimbursement Or Recovery Terms Are Ambiguous Or Silent,Equitable Doctrines May Fill The Gaps: US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen, 569 U.S. ___ (2013). In an...more

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