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We have a new scholarship forum now on erisaboard.com. For those interesting in new and current thought on employee benefits law, this forum is a very useful resource. If you are an author of …
We have a new scholarship forum now on erisaboard.com. For those interesting in new and current thought on employee benefits law, this forum is a very useful resource. If you are an author of …
Janell Grenier calls attention to a new resource that is quite useful. There is a blog devoted to ERISA fiduciary guidance and it is entitled The Fiduciary Guidebook. Janell has really been a leader …
Manning G. Warren III, Harter Chair of Commercial Law, Brandeis School of Law, has posted his work on the equitable remedy of restoration of compensation. His article suggests a useful area of inquiry for those concerned with …
State employee health plans are really private health plans under contract with state government, and the simple fact that they are self-insured (like many private plans) does not make them public entities. State Employee Health …
As applied by the courts in cases brought under ERISA, the “fiduciary” exception to the attorney-client privilege “comes into play when . . . the administrator for an ERISA plan invokes the attorney-client privilege against …
As health care “reform” proposals float in the air like leaves in an autumn breeze, it is interesting to see how “tort reform” finds new forms of expression from even the somewhat left-leaning Huffington Post. …
This court uses a multi-step analysis to guide these reviews of Administrator decisions and the various standards of review. HCA Health Services of Georgia, Inc. v. Employers Health Ins. Co., 240 F.3d 982, 993-95 (11th …
A new article published by Richard L. Kaplan, Nicholas J. Powers and Jordan Zucker in the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics addresses the issues arising in the reduction and termination of retiree …
A new article published by Richard L. Kaplan, Nicholas J. Powers and Jordan Zucker in the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics addresses the issues arising in the reduction and termination of retiree …
When a payment of benefits comes out of the plan administrator’s pocket, the administrator has an incentive to resolve a close case in favor of a denial of benefits. . . In any event, a …