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ERISA Watch Case Summary Compilations
Click on the following PDFs to view compilations of previous ERISA Watch case summaries: 2014, 2015, 2016.
December 2016 Final Rule Strengthens Consumer Protections for Workers Requesting Disability Benefits from ERISA Employee Benefit Plans
The information below is taken directly from the Department of Labor's Fact Sheet on the Final Rule. On December 16, 2016, the Department of Labor announced the release of a…
ERISA Watch – Pension Fund Customer of Maddoff Investment Securities Lacks Standing to Sue Investment Manager
This week’s notable decision is Trustees of The Upstate New York Engineers Pension Fund v. Ivy Asset Management, Lawrence Simon, Howard Wohl, & Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation, No.…
ERISA Watch – Against the Tide: Court Rules ERISA Preempts Cal Ins. Code 10110.6 as It Applies to a Self-Funded Disability Plan
The California ban on discretion makes the headline again. In Martin v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., No. CV 15-7355-RSWL-FFMX, 2016 WL 6997484 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 30, 2016), Judge Ronald Lew…
ERISA Watch – Disability Plan Administrator Must Respond to Discovery Requests Concerning Documents Brought to its Attention
Welcome back! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. We were pleased to return to a good discovery decision in one of our long term disability cases, Suson v. PNC…
ERISA Watch – Procedural Irregularities in Processing of Medical Benefit Claim Results in Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies and De Novo Review
This week’s notable decision is Easter v. Cayuga Med. Ctr. at Ithaca Prepaid Health Plan, No. 514CV1403BKSTWD, __F.Supp.3d__, 2016 WL 6820464 (N.D.N.Y. Nov. 15, 2016). There are a number of…
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