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Monthly Benefits Update - April 2013

by Andrew Malahowski | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 5/1/2013

Health Care Reform: Guidance on Required Future Modifications to SBC, Other Issues - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of Labor (DOL), and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new guidance...more

Supreme Court Clarifies Subrogation Rights, Emphasizes Need for Precise Plan Language

by J. S. Christie, Andrew Elbon, B. David Joffe, Jessica Jones, Jack Levy, Gordon Earle Nichols, Laura Schiele Robinson, Jay Turner | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/25/2013

Plan sponsors, particularly those that sponsor self-funded health plans, should review plan document provisions in light of the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen. In...more

ERISA Legal News - 1st Quarter, 2013 • Volume 4, Number 1

by Kimberly Ruppel | Dickinson Wright on 4/23/2013

In This Issue: - Supreme Court Update: Where Plan Reimbursement Or Recovery Terms Are Ambiguous Or Silent,Equitable Doctrines May Fill The Gaps: US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen, 569 U.S. ___ (2013). In an...more

High Court Rules Equitable Defenses Don’t Override ERISA Plan Terms

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/19/2013

On April 16, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen (No. 11–1285), deciding the issue of whether equitable defenses, such as the principle of unjust enrichment, can override the...more

U.S. Supreme Court: Equity Cannot Trump ERISA Plan Terms in ERISA Reimbursement Case

by D. Michael Reilly | Lane Powell PC - ERISA Law on 4/18/2013

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday strengthened the ability of employer health insurance plans to recoup payments for medical expenses paid for an injured plan participant who later sues to recover damages from a third...more

Infrastructure Alert - April 17, 2013

by Cozen O'Connor on 4/17/2013

Last week, President Obama released his FY2014 budget, outlining several proposals to fund new infrastructure programs. The budget proposes $40 billion for “Fix it First” projects to repair existing infrastructure, as well...more

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Plan Terms Trump Equitable Defenses

by Russell Hirschhorn, Myron Rumeld | Proskauer - ERISA Practice Center on 4/17/2013

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in U.S. Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen in which the Court unanimously ruled that a clearly drafted reimbursement clause will trump all equitable defenses....more

Supreme Court Forbids Rewrite Of ERISA Plan

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 4/17/2013

The supremacy of a written ERISA -governed plan still reigns as the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of an appellate court which had held that a court in equity can ignore unambiguous subrogation reimbursement language,...more

Bill on Bankruptcy: Sigmund Freud, Marx Brothers, Bernie Madoff [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 3/27/2013

March 27 (Bloomberg Law) -- There was no settlement afoot when U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff put off a hearing on an effort by the trustee for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC to block a $410 million settlement...more

Bill on Bankruptcy: How Purchasers of AMR Stock Made a Killing [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 3/13/2013

March 13 (Bloomberg Law) -- Someone who bought stock in American Airlines last year already made a killing. Stock that could have been bought in November for less than 40 cents a share is now trading above $4, for...more

Aquila: M&A Looking Up in 2013; "The Negatives Are Built In" [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 2/15/2013

15 Feb. (Bloomberg Law) -- Frank Aquila, partner at Sullivan & Cromwell, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the prospects for mergers and acquisitions activity in 2013. Aquila notes that while 2012 was something of...more

Next Step in Airline M&A: Cross-Border Deals [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 2/13/2013

Feb. 13 (Bloomberg Law) -- In light of the tentative deal for American Airlines and US Airways to merge, Frank Aquila, a mergers-and-acquisitions partner at New York's Sullivan & Cromwell, says US airline mergers have reached...more

Seventh Circuit Holds that the ADA Mandates Reassignment of Disabled Employees to Vacant Positions

by Brian L. McDermott, Steven F. Pockrass, Ebony A. Reid | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/18/2012

Overruling its own precedent, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (which covers Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin) recently held that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to reassign...more

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Monthly Benefits Update - April 2013

Supreme Court Clarifies Subrogation Rights, Emphasizes Need for Precise Plan Language

ERISA Legal News - 1st Quarter, 2013 • Volume 4, Number 1

High Court Rules Equitable Defenses Don’t Override ERISA Plan Terms

U.S. Supreme Court: Equity Cannot Trump ERISA Plan Terms in ERISA Reimbursement Case

Infrastructure Alert - April 17, 2013

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Plan Terms Trump Equitable Defenses

Supreme Court Forbids Rewrite Of ERISA Plan

Bill on Bankruptcy: Sigmund Freud, Marx Brothers, Bernie Madoff [Video]

Bill on Bankruptcy: How Purchasers of AMR Stock Made a Killing [Video]

Aquila: M&A Looking Up in 2013; "The Negatives Are Built In" [Video]

Next Step in Airline M&A: Cross-Border Deals [Video]

Seventh Circuit Holds that the ADA Mandates Reassignment of Disabled Employees to Vacant Positions

Bill on Bankruptcy: Sigmund Freud, Marx Brothers, Bernie Madoff [Video]

Bill on Bankruptcy: How Purchasers of AMR Stock Made a Killing [Video]

Aquila: M&A Looking Up in 2013; "The Negatives Are Built In" [Video]

Next Step in Airline M&A: Cross-Border Deals [Video]

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