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
Kay v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 21-55463, __ F. App’x __, 2022 WL 4363444 (9th Cir. Sept. 21, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Paez and Watford, and District Judge Richard D. Bennett (D. Md.))
One key feature of long-term disability benefit plans that employees often don’t know is that plans typically don’t
Messing v. Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 21-2780, __ F.4th __, 2022 WL 4115873 (6th Cir. Sept. 9, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Clay, Rogers, and Kethledge)
ERISA provides that a plan participant, beneficiary, or fiduciary can sue to obtain “appropriate equitable relief.” 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(3). One of the thorniest issues