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Arbitrary and Capricious Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Health Insurance

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Could Possible Predictability Be Coming to Wilderness Therapy Coverage Disputes?

Current trends in litigation regarding wilderness therapy coverage center on motion practice. Courts have been unpredictable with granting or denying defendants’ motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment, and recent...more

Robinson+Cole ERISA Claim Defense Blog

Fifth Circuit Joins Sister Circuits by Overruling Default Deferential Standard of Review

In Ariana M. v. Humana Health Plan of Tex., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 5227, *5, 2018 WL 1096980 (March 1, 2018) (“Ariana M. II”), a majority of judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in an en banc decision,...more

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The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - October 2016

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Editor's Overview - This month, we look at the implications of the two federal district court cases from California that applied the ban on discretionary clauses typically found in ERISA plans to self-insured plans. The...more

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Seventh Circuit Finds that State Insurance Law Applies, Resulting in De Novo Review of Benefit Claim

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On September 4, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled in Fontaine v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), does not preempt...more

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