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U.S. Airways v. McCutchen – Traditional Equitable Doctrines Do Not Override The Express Terms Of An ERISA Plan
April 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Supreme Court’s opinion in U.S. Airways v. McCutchen, case no. 11-1285, decided April 16, 2013
April 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Analyzing the Decisions
January 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As of November 2011, four Circuit Courts have issued opinions on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Constitutionality of the ACA Overview and Predictions Presentation
January 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Topics Covered:
- What does PPACA do
- Relevant Constitutional provisions
- Constitutional challenges
- How will Supreme Court rule
- Recusal issue
- Other challenges
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Defending Punitive Damage Cases
November 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Defending a punitive damages case is like walking a tight rope over a pool of alligators to grab a pot of gold: rewarding if you are successful, but painful if you fail. Twenty-seven years of trying, winning, and losing punitive damages cases brings a perspective not found in the classroom…
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Will Health Care Reform Cause Employers to Drop their Employee Health Care Plans?
July 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In the wake of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care Education and Reconciliation Act, several commentators and political observers have suggested that employers will be financially overburdened to the point where they will need to eliminate their employee healthcare plans, thus depriving employees of health coverage and driving up the cost to taxpayers of funding the federally operated insurance exchanges. Several recent events have fueled this speculation:
Legal v. Factual Disability
July 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Experienced disability litigators know the general rule that disability insurance provides coverage with respect to factual, rather than legal, disabilities.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Analyzing the Decisions
June 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment
As of June 2011, five District Courts and one Circuit Court have issued opinions on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Maurer v Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co.
April 1, 2011 by
Read the order from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California attached below.