The Latest Frontier for Forum Selection Clauses: ERISA Policies
Letters denying an insured’s claim often end by listing what steps an insured can take to challenge an unfavorable determination. Assuming all administrative appeals have been exhausted, this...
View ArticleInsurance Company Bias in ERISA Cases: Hartford’s History of Bias and...
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), a 1974 federal law, sets minimum standards for many employee benefit plans and serves to provide protection for individuals in these plans....
View ArticleWaiver and Estoppel in the Ninth Circuit Post Salyers v. Metropolitan Life...
Waiver and equitable estoppel serve as some of the legal systems’ fundamental checks on the fairness of a party’s actions. Both doctrines serve to prevent an individuals and insurers from performing...
View ArticleLos Angeles Daily Journal Publishes Article on October 26, 2018 by Robert...
In the October 26, 2018 issue of the Los Angeles Daily Journal, the Daily Journal published an article written by the McKennon Law Group’s Robert J. McKennon. The article addresses a recent case by...
View ArticleBreach of Fiduciary Duty under ERISA: Making the Insurer or Plan...
In a previous blog, we addressed the doctrines of equitable estoppel and waiver when the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) governs their insurance or pension plan. As we...
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