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Saul Ewing LLP

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

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

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

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

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

The LHD/ERISA Advisor: Eleventh Circuit Rules Against Insurer in LTD Case

In Kaviani v. Reliance Std. Life Ins. Co., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 3006 (11th Cir. Jan. 31, 2020), the Eleventh Circuit held that an insurer had failed to give sufficient credence to a claimant's self-reports of pain and...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

ERISA & Employee Benefits Alert: October 2018

Welcome to the first edition of ERISA & Employee Benefits Alert. Our ERISA and Managed Care Group will be providing curated insights and news concerning notable ERISA and managed care issues that highlight current or emerging...more

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Court upholds South Carolina company's benefits plan decision

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One of the most important components of the employment relationship is the benefits package an employer is able to offer its employees. Employee benefits have to make business sense for the employer because there’s always a...more

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