Wit v. United Behavioral Health, No. 20-17363, __ F.4th __, 2023 WL 411441 (9th Cir. Jan. 26, 2023) (Before Circuit Judges Christen and Forrest, and District Judge Michael M. Anello)
In the March 30, 2022 edition of Your ERISA Watch, we examined the Ninth Circuit’s prior decision in this case, issued on
Tekmen v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 20-1510, __ F.4th __, 2022 WL 17725720 (4th Cir. Dec. 16, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Wynn, Harris, and Keenan)
ERISA is famously vague on a great number of issues, and one of those is how benefit disputes should be resolved. Fortunately, the Department of Labor has
Collier v. Lincoln Life Assurance Co. of Bos., No. 21-55465, __ F.4th __, 2022 WL 17087828 (9th Cir. Nov. 21, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Paez and Watford, and District Judge Richard D. Bennett)
This week’s notable decision is a Kantor & Kantor victory in the Ninth Circuit addressing what arguments ERISA plan administrators and