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Supreme Court considers accrual of statute of limitations in ERISA LTD plan
- Barger & Wolen LLP
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- USA
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- April 16 2013
On April 15, 2013, the United States Supreme Court agreed to review a case involving the question of when the statute of limitations accrues for
Insurers that fund ERISA plans and administer claims are proper defendants in lawsuits for benefits
- Barger & Wolen LLP
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- USA
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- June 27 2011
In Cyr v. Reliance Standard Ins. Co., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 12601 (9th Cir. 2011), an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was presented with the issue of whether ERISA authorizes actions to recover plan benefits against a third-party insurer that funds the plan and administers claims for the plan
No certification in massive Wal-Mart class action
- Barger & Wolen LLP
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- USA
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- June 23 2011
On June 20, 2011, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-anticipated decision in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes et al., 564 U.S. ____ (2011), decertifying a class of 1.5 million female Wal-Mart employees who alleged that they were discriminated against on the basis of their sex and were denied equal pay and promotions
California supreme court holds that zip codes constitute "personal identification information" under the song-beverly credit card act, triggering a flurry of consumer lawsuits
- Barger & Wolen LLP
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- USA
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- February 17 2011
In Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma Stores Inc., 2011 Cal. LEXIS 1355 (February 10, 2011), the California Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether a person’s zip code constitutes “personal identification information” under the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971, Cal. Civ. Code 1747 et seq. (Credit Card Act
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 now in effect
- Barger & Wolen LLP
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- USA
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- September 27 2010
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act of 2009 ("PPACA") into law
Federal mental health parity interim rules published
- Barger & Wolen LLP
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- USA
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- February 22 2010
Two weeks ago, federal agencies published the interim final rules amending the mental health parity provisions, which appear in the Federal Register at Volume 75, Number 21, page 5409
