Steptoe LLP | USA | 25 Apr 2011
Not long ago, the Supreme Court decided that administrators of ERISA-covered plans should not have to consult any source other than documents in their possession (such as the terms of the plan, beneficiary designations, and qualified domestic relations orders duly submitted to the plan) to determine who was entitled to benefits upon a participant's death.
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 11 Apr 2011
In Baldwin v Univ of Pittsburgh Med. Ctr., --- F.3d ---, 2011 WL 1126038 (3d Cir. Mar. 29, 2011), the Third Circuit held that an adoptive mother and her children had standing under ERISA to pursue benefits from the life insurance policies of the deceased biological mother.
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 26 Aug 2009
In a 2008 decision, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Glenn, the United States Supreme Court addressed the perceived conflict of interest in benefit award decisions that are entrusted to the discretion of a plan administrator.
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