Seyfarth Shaw LLP | USA | 22 Apr 2010
On April 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that “a single honest mistake in plan interpretation” does not justify “stripping the administrator of [an ERISA plan of] deference for subsequent related interpretations of the plan.”
Alston & Bird LLP | USA | 25 Sep 2008
The Eleventh Circuit has held that the “heightened” arbitrary and capricious standard of review previously used by the court in cases where a conflicted plan administrator decided a claim for benefits — and its accompanying burden-shifting analysis — does not survive the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Glenn, 128 S. Ct. 2343 (2008).
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 15 Jul 2008
Regardless of whether a company's employee benefit plans are entirely self-funded or funded in whole or part through insurance, many employers' plans are structured so that a single entity is responsible for both administering the plan and funding its benefits.
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | USA | 30 Jun 2008
On June 19, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Glenn (“Glenn”).
Jones Day | USA | 30 Jun 2008
A new MetLife blimp sailed into view last week, and this one is likely to hover over the employee benefit playing field for years to come.
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | USA | 27 Jun 2008
Sponsors and administrators of employee benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) should consider the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 19 decision in Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Glenn, which has implications for plan administration and governance.
Vedder Price PC | USA | 24 Jun 2008
On June 19, 2008, the Supreme Court issued a fractured (5–1–1–2) decision in MetLife Insurance Co. v. Glenn, ruling that employee benefit plan administrators who both make benefit decisions and pay benefit claims under a plan covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) operate under a conflict of interest that must be weighed as a factor upon judicial review.
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | USA | 23 Jun 2008
On June 19, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court issued four important opinions that will have a lasting impact on employment laws.
Reed Smith LLP | USA | 20 Jun 2008
Adding to a series of recent employment law cases decided by the United States Supreme Court, the Court issued three more opinions affecting employment law on June 19, 2008: two interpreting the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (“ADEA”) and one concerning the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).