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Retirees May Be Abusing Disability Insurance, Long Island Rail Road Says

[Guidance Overview] Conflicts of Interest Under ERISA -- A Review of the Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decision

[Guidance Overview] Three Federal Circuit Courts Consider the Impact of Supreme Court's Glenn Decision on Standard of Review Analysis

[Guidance Overview] Reinstatements Revisited: Tate v. Long Term Disability Plan for Salaried Employees,

New York Governor Wants Congress to Investigate Long Island Rail Road Disability Plan

[Guidance Overview] The Conundrum of ERISA Remands & Reinstatements

New York's Governor Seeks Study of Benefits at Long Island Rail Road

[Guidance Overview] Ninth Circuit Opinion Holds Structural Conflict Exists Where Employer Pays Benefits Out of a Trust

Another Reason Not to Use Your Pension before Retirement: ERISA Offset

Reduction of LTD Benefits Based on Receipt of Social Security Benefits Is Reasonable

[Guidance Overview] In Important 11th Circuit Case After the Glenn Decision, Heightened Arbitrary and Capricious Review Is Questioned

Workers' Compensation: Benefits, Coverage, and Costs, 2006

Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2007

[Guidance Overview] 'Metlife v. Glenn': The Court Addresses a Conflict Over Conflicts in ERISA Benefit Administration (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] The Supreme Court Strikes Twice (but Misses the Mark) (PDF)

[Opinion] On Estoppel and Equitable Remedies Under ERISA: It Should Be a Two-Way Street

[Guidance Overview] Employee Benefits Developments, August 2008 Issue

Total Incapacitation Not Only Proof of Disability in Wyoming

Beach Erosion on the ERISA Waterfront

Employer Was Not Off Base in Disability Cutoff

[Guidance Overview] Seventh Circuit Holds for Insurance Carrier Denying Claims Under 'Arbitrary and Capricious' Standard

Getting Social Security Disability Payments Can Be a Fight to The Death

Worker's Positive Drug Test While on FMLA Leave not Grounds for Benefits Denial

[Guidance Overview] MetLife v. Glenn Decision Wedges Open Discovery on Use of Outside Consultants

[Guidance Overview] Harsh Consequences of Shoddy Claim Denials and Explanations of Benefits

[Guidance Overview] U.S. Supreme Court Rules on How ERISA Benefit-Claim Fiduciaries Should Handle Conflicts of Interest

[Guidance Overview] Benefit Claims Procedures Should Be Reviewed to Address Potential Conflict of Interest Issues Raised in Supreme Court Glenn Decision

[Guidance Overview] COBRA Was Required for Former Employee Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

[Guidance Overview] Audio of Webinar: Recent ERISA Litigation - What's the Verdict?

[Guidance Overview] Ninth Circuit Sees Broader Discovery Rights for ERISA Claimants in Conflict of Interest Cases

More Players Call Foul on National Football League's Pension System

[Guidance Overview] Court Rebuffs Fiduciary Breach Claim As Redundant in Claim for Benefits Case

[Guidance Overview] Plan Without 'Discretion' Language Loses Appeal in Benefits Case

[Guidance Overview] What Effect Does MetLife v. Glenn Have on Discovery in Denial of Benefit Claims?

[Guidance Overview] District Court Clarifies Standard for Providing Notice of Plan Limitations Provisions

[Guidance Overview] 10 Things the Supreme Court Did Not Do in Metlife v. Glenn

Listing of Post-MetLife v. Glenn Decisions

Human Resource Professionals Should Review Who Makes Health and Disability Benefit Determinations for Their Companies

[Guidance Overview] Supreme Court Provides Further Guidance on Judicial Review of Benefit Claim Denials

A Concise ERISA Counterclaim Review Checklist

[Guidance Overview] Supreme Court Issues Two Significant Employee Benefits Decisions, But Uncertainty Remains (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] Conflict of Interest in Claims Decisions � A Critical Analysis of MetLife v. Glenn

[Guidance Overview] District Court Opinion Provides Additional Analysis of Post-Sereboff Counterclaims

[Guidance Overview] Insurer Not Liable for Participant's Claims-Related Copy Costs or for Penalties for Failure to Provide Claims Documents

[Guidance Overview] State Law Placing Limits on Discretionary Language in Insurance Policies Found to Be Preempted by ERISA

[Guidance Overview] Conflicted Plan Administrators Face Slightly More Rigorous Judicial Review of Benefit Determinations

[Guidance Overview] Eighth Circuit Relies Upon Pre-Glenn Precedent in Evaluating Disability Claim

[Guidance Overview] Fourth Circuit Addresses Plan Language Necessary to Secure Deferential Standard of Review

[Guidance Overview] Ninth Circuit Shoots Down Claim for Copying Charges in Disability Case

[Guidance Overview] Court Holds Contractual Language Does Not Bar Plaintiff's Disability Claims

[Guidance Overview] Supreme Court Finding of Conflict of Interest Adds New Wrinkle to Benefit Claims Review (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] Supreme Court Presumes Conflict of Interest in 'Dual Role' Benefits Denial Cases (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] Counterclaim for Disability Benefits Properly Framed in Terms of Sereboff Prerequisites

[Guidance Overview] District Court Finds Abatie Standard Consistent With MetLife v. Glenn Requirements

[Guidance Overview] Sixth Circuit Says Independent Medical Examination Results Doom Plaintiff's Disability Claim

[Opinion] Some Additional Reflections on the MetLife Decision

[Guidance Overview] Seventh Circuit Holds That Sereboff Supports Disability Carrier's Counterclaim

[Guidance Overview] In Metropolitan Life v. Glenn: The Supreme Court Weighs in on Weight to Be Given to Benefit Decisions

[Guidance Overview] U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Plan Conflict of Interest and the Standard of Review in ERISA Benefits Litigation

[Guidance Overview] U.S. Supreme Court's Rulings on Employee Benefits, Employment Practices (PDF)

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