Supreme Court to hear case on accrual of causes of action under ERISA *

USA - April 16 2013
Yesterday, the Supreme Court granted a plan participant's petition for a writ of certiorari in Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Acc. Ins. Co., No…

Co-authors: Jeffrey S. Russell .

Eighth Circuit clarifies the scope of ERISA’s application to severance arrangements *

USA - April 11 2013
The Eighth Circuit's recent decision in Dakota, Minn. & E. R.R. Corp. v. Schieffer (Schieffer II), No. 12-1807, 2013 WL 1235235 (8th Cir. Mar. 28…

Co-authors: Carrie Elizabeth Byrnes , Jeffrey S. Russell .

Eighth Circuit finds no abuse of discretion in administrator’s termination of benefits and raises questions concerning proper standard of review upon allegations of “procedural irregularities” *

USA - August 8 2012
In a decision released July 24, 2012, the Eighth Circuit affirmed a lower court judgment that a plan administrator committed no abuse of discretion when it terminated an employee’s long-term disability benefits.