Bay Area Cancer Connections Presentation: Disability Benefits & Employment Leave Laws
Bay Area Cancer Connections Presentation: Disability Benefits & Employment Leave Laws
Today, our attorney Michelle Roberts and our colleague, Kathy Chao, presented on disability benefits and employment leave laws at the Bay Area Cancer Connections in Palo Alto, CA. To view…
ERISA Watch – Court Rules That Disability Claimant Is Entitled to Discovery about Insurance Company’s Attorney-Client Communications
What do you get when you cross the band No Doubt, the singer Neil Young, and a financially conflicted disability insurance company? Give up? The answer: An awesome discovery order.…
Sjogren’s Syndrome and Your Long Term Disability Claim
Sjogren’s (SHOW-grins) syndrome is no stranger to some of our Bay Area ERISA clients. Attorneys not familiar with this condition or with ERISA law often find themselves way in over…
ERISA Watch – Former Attorney Entitled to Long Term Disability Benefits Despite Ability to Walk Dog
“This would come as something of a surprise to the nation’s law students, that the threshold requirement for practicing law is based on the ability to walk a dog.” –…
ERISA Watch – ERISA Preempts California’s Ban on Discretionary Clauses As it applies to Self-Funded Disability Plans
This week’s notable decision is the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Williby v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., No. 15-56394, __F.3d__, 2017 WL 3482390 (9th Cir. Aug. 15, 2017). In this case,…
ERISA Watch – Seventh Circuit Validates ERISA Plan’s Forum Selection Clause
To sue or not to sue, where is the venue? The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals says it is wherever the employee benefit plan says it is. In In re…
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