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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...
A podcast of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section, hosted by Justin Danilewitz and Geonard Butler, The JustPod features conversations with diverse experts about policy, legal reforms, the Supreme Court, and other criminal justice issues. This episode features Nina Marino, founding...
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...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments in Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Todd Heath , Docket No. 23-1127, a case in which the Court agreed to review whether reimbursement requests submitted to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “E-Rate Program” are considered...
Recent Developments in the Enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The panel will discuss notable recent activity by the U.S. Department of Justice, including the impact of the D.C. Circuit’s Wynn decision, highprofile FARA prosecutions against U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ)...
BOSTON, (NOVEMBER 12, 2024) – Aloke Chakravarty, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney who investigated and successfully convicted the Boston Marathon bomber, is returning to his legal roots in Boston, where he has joined the national law firm Saul Ewing. Mr. Chakravarty brings more than two decades of...