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Attorney's Fees Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

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Bad COBRA Notices Can Cost You

Sun Trust Bank was sued in a class action challenging its COBRA notice. The plaintiffs who brought the lawsuit claimed that the COBRA notice was materially deficient in that it failed to provide the name and address of the...more

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Seventh Circuit Chastises Lawyer for Raising Too Many Issues on Appeal (Among a Litany of Other Missteps)

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Not much went right for the plaintiffs’ lawyer in the Seventh Circuit’s decision yesterday in Pierce v. Visteon Corp., No. 14-2542 (7th Cir. July 1, 2015), but the opinion provides a few good lessons for appellate...more

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Maintaining Poor COBRA Procedures Can Be Expensive

I blogged a few months ago about an employer who had to pay more than $83,000 in penalty, attorneys’ fees and costs for failure to give a proper COBRA notice for a dental plan....more

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