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The LHD/ERISA Advisor: Ninth Circuit Reverses Award of Attorneys' Fees

In Gorbacheva v. Abbott Laboratories Extended Disability Plan, et al., 29 U.S. App. LEXIS 36542 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 10, 2019), the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court's award of attorneys' fees to an ERISA claimant as...more

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Fifth Circuit: Procedural Win Is Not Grounds for Attorney’s Fees

The Fifth Circuit concluded that a plan participant was not entitled to recover attorneys’ fees for obtaining a remand order requiring the district court to apply a de novo, rather than abuse of discretion, standard of review...more

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