This week, Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter, and I’ve heard it said that this January was the longest year on record. It seems ERISA winter is continuing for at least some plan participants, as several noteworthy decisions were issued this week which were unfavorable to ERISA plaintiffs. In Cutrone v. Allstate and
As expected, it has been a slow start to 2025 with only a handful of ERISA-related decisions in the federal courts. Nonetheless, these rulings touched on some unusual and interesting topics. Read on to learn how Illinois’s Genetic Information Privacy Act interacts with ERISA, whether a claimant can reopen a case after an insurer denies
It was another light week at Your ERISA Watch. Perhaps the courts are exhausted as the year winds down. And speaking of exhaustion, that peculiar ERISA topic rears its head in several interesting decisions this week, so read on to learn more about this and other ERISA developments.
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