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Arbitrary and Capricious Appeals Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

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ERISA Plans: Part-time employee entitled to disability benefits

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In Van Steen v. Life Insurance Company N.A., the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the grant of long-term disability benefits to an employee working part-time....more

Dechert LLP

ERISA's Fiduciary Rule - Dead Yet? Game Over? Maybe, Maybe Not . . .

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It has been a long and winding road for the amended fiduciary regulation (the "Regulation") and the related new and amended exemptions (collectively, the "Rule") of the U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") under the Employee...more

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Timing is Everything: Tenth Circuit Overturns Insurer’s Disability Decision as Arbitrary and Capricious

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Even when a claims administrator approves a claim for disability benefits, its job is not done. That principle was again demonstrated in the recent case Owings v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Co., No. 16-3128 (10th Cir....more

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