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CBO Provides New Healthcare Cost Estimates

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Ilyse Schuman, J.D., Littler

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Latest News Legal & Business Tax & Accounting Environment, Health & Safety Human Resources Court Tosses PPACA Lactation Rights Claim But Agrees FLSA Barred Employer Retaliation

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Administrator, ERISA Pros, LLC

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Dropping Heath Coverage in Favor of Paying Penalty Not Clearly Advantageous, Study Finds

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Ilyse Schuman, J.D., Littler

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Long Term Disability — Claims Manuals Entitled to Protective Order

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Mike Reilly, J.D., Lane Powell PC

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Seventh Circuit Sides With Fiduciaries On Question of Out-of-Network Disclosures

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Roy D. Harmon III, J.D., LL. M., Harmon & Major, P.A.

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ERISA-District Court Uses Language in SPD To Identify The Plan Administrator, Despite Supreme Court’s Decision In Amara

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Stanley D. Baum, J.D., LL.M., Lerner Law Firm & Associates, P.C.

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Fourth Circuit Takes Expansive View of Equitable Relief for Plan Participants

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Katherine T. Lange, J.D., Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLP

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ERISA-9th Circuit Overturns District Court’s Dismissal Of ERISA Claim For Benefits, Based On Failure To Exhaust Administrative Remedies, And Of Grant Of Insurer’s Counterclaim For Restitution of Overpaid Benefits

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Stanley D. Baum, J.D., LL.M., Lerner Law Firm & Associates, P.C.

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Supreme Court to Wade Into ERISA Dispute

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Administrator, ERISA Pros, LLC

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The ACA Decision: What the Court Ruled, and What it Means

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Christine Roberts, J.D., Mullen & Henzell L.L.P.

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