Posts in 2021

Dec 22 Your ERISA Watch - Happy New Year

There will not be a notable decision this week, although there are plenty of interesting cases below. Instead, as this is our last ...

Dec 15 Your ERISA Watch - State-Law Claims for Lifetime Disability Benefits Survive While ERISA Claims Are Dismissed

Thompson v. Oracle Corp. , No. 4:21-cv-00026-YGR, 2021 WL 5865519 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 10, 2021) (Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers). When ...

Dec 08 Your ERISA Watch - The Goldilocks Standard: Hughes v. Northwestern Argued in the Supreme Court

Your ERISA Watch – A Victory for a Disabled Plan Participant at the Fourth Circuit, and a Summary of the Supreme Court Argument in ...

Dec 06 The State Of Article III Standing In ERISA Cases

The State Of Article III Standing In ERISA Cases By Elizabeth Hopkins , Partner at Kantor & Kantor, LLP Expert Analysis More than ...

Dec 01 Your ERISA Watch - Third Circuit Rules That Reliance Standard’s Conflict of Interest and “Irregular” Claim Handling Led to Unreasonable Claim Denial

Noga v. Fulton Fin. Corp. Emp. Benefit Plan , No. 19-3855, __ F.4th __, 2021 WL 5540848 (3d Cir. Nov. 26, 2021) (Before Circuit ...

Nov 24 Your ERISA Watch – Long-Term Meth User Could Not Have Foreseen Death

Santos v. Minn. Life Ins. Co . , No. 20-cv-06707-PJH, 2021 WL 5302950 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 15, 2021) (Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton). ...