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Same-sex spouse gets ERISA death benefit
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U.S. Supreme Court Accepts Cert in Dudenhoeffer ERISA Moench Presumption of...
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How to Handle a Group Life Insurance Claim Denial
Many employees receive life insurance coverage as part of their employee benefits. A group life insurance has many advantages over private life insurance policies. First, group life insurance coverage...
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Obama and the Future of Labor and Employment Law
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Same-sex spouse gets ERISA death benefit
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4th Cir: “Proof Satisfactory to the Administrator” = De Novo Review of...
Share this postThanks to friend of the blog, Jon Harkavy, for sending along this potentially important ERISA denial of benefit claim case from the 4th Circuit. In Cosey v Prudential, (4th Cir. Nov. 12,...
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Unanimous Supreme Court in Heimeshoff Permits Contractually-Based SOLs in...
Share this postThis morning, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accidental Life Ins. Co., concerning statute of limitation accrual issues for...
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U.S. Supreme Court Accepts Cert in Dudenhoeffer ERISA Moench Presumption of...
Share this postToday, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in a case where the 6th Circuit found that a company may have breached its fiduciary duties under ERISA by continuing to offer...
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How to Handle a Group Life Insurance Claim Denial
Share this postMany employees receive life insurance coverage as part of their employee benefits. A group life insurance has many advantages over private life insurance policies. First, group life...
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