ERISA Watch – Long Term Disability Insurer Erred by Considering an Environmental Lawyer’s Occupation to be a “Generic” Lawyer.
ERISA Watch – Long Term Disability Insurer Erred by Considering an Environmental Lawyer’s Occupation to be a “Generic” Lawyer.
This week's notable ERISA decision is a nice win reported at Jane Doe v. Standard Insurance Company, No. 16-2085, __F.3d__, 2017 WL 1101609 (1st Cir. Mar. 24, 2017). Doe was…
ERISA Watch – Fiduciary Exception to Attorney-Client Privilege Applies to Insurance Companies
A la corporations are people, insurance companies are fiduciaries: at least when it comes to the fiduciary exception to the attorney-client privilege. In this week’s notable decision: McFarlane v. First…
ERISA Watch – Fourth Circuit Holds Life Insurance Misrepresentation Claims Are Preempted by ERISA
This week’s notable decision is out of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in the matter of Prince v. Sears Holdings Corporation, No. 16-1075, __F.3d__, 2017 WL 383370 (4th Cir.…
Do You Know About Your ERISA Life Insurance Exclusions?
The California Bay Area workforce is booming and employers are competing with each other to attract the best pool of candidates. Many employers offer prospects generous employee benefits, including long…
ERISA Watch – February 22, 2016
There were a number of notable decisions this past week. At the Circuit level, the First Circuit determined that language contained in a Certificate did not unambiguously confer discretionary authority,…
ERISA Watch – September 7, 2015
Happy Labor Day! Hope this finds you not laboring away. Much has happened in land of ERISA over the past few days. The Seventh Circuit joined the Sixth and Ninth…
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