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Cozen O'Connor

First United Pentecostal Church: Taking Time to Resolve Doubts as to Liability is Not Bad Faith 

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In a recent decision, First United Pentecostal Church v. Church Mutual Insurance Company, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reaffirmed the principle that an insured must provide adequate evidence that...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions

[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Last year, the continued global COVID-19 pandemic forced American courts to largely continue the procedures set in place in 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was no...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Evidence From LinkedIn, IMDB Used to Support Denial of Benefits

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Be careful what you ask for. The Plaintiff in a recent case from the Central District of California learned that lesson when the Plan’s re-evaluation of her claim for benefits revealed that she was apparently working as a...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Use of long-term climate projections for bearded seal listing not necessarily a bellwether for Endangered Species Act decisions

The Ninth Circuit this week upheld a National Marine Fisheries Service decision to list the Pacific bearded seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act based primarily on threats from climate change, reversing a...more

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