District court permits ERISA claim for benefits of IRO review, holding such review is not an arbitration *

USA - March 19 2013
In Yox v. Providence Health Plan, No. 12-cv-01348, 2013 WL 865968 (D. Or. Mar. 8, 2013), a federal district court held that the review of benefit…

Co-authors: Brian S Neulander, Robert Rachal.

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Rulings, filings, and settlements of interest *

USA - March 11 2013
The U.S. Supreme Court previously held that an ERISA plan administrator must distribute benefits to the beneficiary named in the plan, regardless of…

Co-authors: Jacklina A Len, Brian S Neulander, Page W Griffin.

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Rulings, filings, and settlements of interest *

USA - February 19 2013
In Govrik v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., 702 F.3d 1103 (8th Cir. 2013), the Eighth Circuit held that Unum operated under a structural conflict of…

Co-authors: Jacklina A Len, Brian S Neulander, Page W Griffin, Anthony S. Cacace.

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Rulings, filings, and settlements of interest *

USA - January 24 2013
Several federal appellate courts reached different results on constitutional challenges to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), where secular employers…

Co-authors: Jacklina A Len, Brian S Neulander, Page W Griffin, Anthony S. Cacace.

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Rulings, filings, and settlements of interest *

USA - December 19 2012
In Argay v. Nat'l Grid USA Serv. Co., No. 11-3698-cv, 2012 WL 5860518 (2d Cir. Nov. 20, 2012) (by summary order), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's ruling in favor of a utility company, holding that retirees' right to participate in a life insurance program was not contractually vested under their former employer's post-retirement life insurance plan, and thus the benefits could be reduced.

Co-authors: Bridgit DePietto, Brian S Neulander, Page W Griffin, Anthony S. Cacace.

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