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This month’s Friday Five explores decisions from around the country discussing the concept of reasonableness in various forms. One court rejected the parties’ proffered definitions of the term “working” and instead determined that a dictionary definition was reasonable. Two cases reflect courts...

Saul Ewing LLP is pleased to announce that Amy Kline and Caitlin Strauss have been honored in the 2025 JD Supra Readers' Choice Awards for their exemplary authorship of The Friday Five. This prestigious award recognizes the top authors and firms for exceptional thought leadership over the past year...

This month’s Friday Five addresses cases covering ERISA preemption, the viability of a claim for benefits where the claimant alleges to have not received notice of a prior claim denial, an affirmance by the Circuit Court of a denial of benefits, and District Court reviews of decisions denying...

This month’s Friday Five covers an appellate ruling on a complicated case raising both state and federal claims, an instance of procedural improprieties in the administrative review process informing the court’s substantive benefits decision, an equitable ERISA claim for an administrator’s payment...

This month’s Friday Five explores recent decisions including the standard of review for ERISA benefit denials, whether structural conflict entitles a claimant to conflict-of-interest discovery, whether a “relative value units” analysis warrants equitable tolling, whether the administrative record...

This month’s Friday Five explores recent decisions including the impact of a COVID furlough on eligibility for LTD benefits, what constitutes a breach of an employer’s fiduciary duty, what defines total proof of disability or is viewed as a severe procedural violation, and the appropriate weight...

This month’s Friday Five discusses cases involving ERISA preemption, the methodology for calculating qualified joint and survivor annuity benefits, a dispute over an attempt to supplement the record before the Court, a factual dispute precluding summary judgment on a bad faith claim, and the payroll...

Peter Zlotnick, Partner at Saul Ewing LLP, will be attending the NAFER 2024 Annual Conference in Santa Barbara, California. While there, he will participate in Receiver's Family Feud: East Coast vs. West Coast. This panel/game show will test the knowledge of some of the most experienced receivers...

TMA Restructuring Boot Camp - Part 2 Designed for professionals who are new or returning to the corporate restructuring profession, this interactive, two-part program is taught by TMA Certified Turnaround Professionals (CTPs) and attorneys. The TMA Restructuring Boot Camp is a high-level overview of...

This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to Long-COVID, a class action RICO suit, the physical illness exclusion to accidental death and dismemberment claims, consideration due to an Administrative Law Judge’s disability determination, and self-reported claims of fatigue. The Saul Ewing ERISA...

BUILDING ON THE ESSENTIALS: COMMERCIAL FINANCE, REAL ESTATE FINANCE, AND CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY TOPICS FOR MID-LEVEL PROFESSIONALS The 2024 Nuts & Bolts Conference is designed for mid-level professionals in the legal and financial sectors, focusing on essential topics in commercial finance, real...

On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court released its highly anticipated opinion in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Case No. 23-124 (“ Purdue”). The question before the Court was whether the bankruptcy code lets a court approve, as part of a chapter 11 plan, a release that extinguishes claims held...

This month’s Friday Five discusses cases addressing the effect of continuing to receive benefits during the period of alleged disability, reliance on an employer’s records in making a disability determination, the admissibility of expert and lay testimony from a physician in a trial over LTD...

Zev Shechtman will join ABI for the 2024 Southwest Bankruptcy Conference in Las Vegas. Experienced practitioners and regional judges will be presenting information-packed sessions on a variety of topics, both business and consumer — ensuring that there is something for everyone. Zev is also...

RESTRUCTURING, INSOLVENCY & TROUBLED COMPANIES: Help, My Business is In Trouble! When a business becomes financially troubled, the business owner often experiences denial, paralysis, overreaction or all of the above. Lenders commonly lose confidence and trust in the business, as communications can...

This month’s Friday Five explores decisions from around the country discussing differences between the scope of discovery and ability to add documents to the record on a claim for review challenging the denial of LTD benefits, LTD and LWOP policies, the breadth of discretion available to claims...

Bankruptcy Essentials for New In-House Counsel Introducing bankruptcy concepts with real-life scenarios that in-house counsel is likely to experience, including counterparties threatening bankruptcy, what to expect when the threat becomes reality, and responding to a demand letter from a bankruptcy...