ERISA

New ERISA Disability Claims Regulations: Final Words On the Final Rule

and Caitlin H. Walton In the final installment of our three-part series on ERISA’s new disability claim-processing procedures, we will wrap up our…

New ERISA Disability Claims Regulations: Five Things You Need To Know

and Caitlin H. Walton In the second installment of our three-part series on ERISA’s new disability claim-processing procedures, we will focus on what we…

New ERISA Disability Claims Regulations Take Effect: Part I

and Caitlin H. Walton This is the first installment of our three-part series on ERISA’s new disability claim-processing procedures. Here we will focus on…

Fourth Circuit Updates

Labor & Employment Law In the Eastern District of North Carolina, U.S. District Judge Terrance W. Boyle recently granted conditional class certification…

A Claim By Any Other Name Would Still Be Pre-empted By ERISA

You and I make a deal: You pay me monthly installments and when an event occurs, I will pay you a set amount of money (we’ll call this deal “life…