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This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to augmentation of the administrative record following new rationales, attempted alternative ERISA causes of action, untimely ERISA claims, plans governed by ERISA even in the absence of a written plan document, and the limited weight given to residual...

This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to the interpretation of time periods for claims under life insurance and disability plans, a situation where three separate administrators handled a disability benefits claim (but came to different decisions), the Eleventh Circuit’s parsing of...

This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to interpretation of ambiguous policy terms, evaluation of claimant’s expert witness, inclusion of law firms as appropriate parties from whom plan administrators may seek equitable relief, transfer of cases from the claimant’s choice of venue, and...

This month’s Friday Five addresses cases considering: (1) whether monetary relief in the amount of lost benefits is an available remedy for breach of fiduciary duty; (2) the validity of an ex-spouse’s beneficiary designation that contradicts a subsequent divorce decree; (3) if waiver of a pre...

This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to interpretation of regulatory deadlines, the enforceability of discretionary clauses, circuit courts going both ways on appeals from summary judgment rulings in favor of plans, and a benefits award for a former professional football player where the...

As a partner in Saul Ewing's Real Estate Practice, William Gee has worked on a wide variety of commercial real estate development and finance matters, representing national and local developers and lenders. He has extensive experience as lead counsel on multi-state acquisitions, sales, and financing...

Ted Baines is a partner and past chair of Saul Ewing's Litigation Department. He focuses his litigation practice on commercial contract, insurance, shareholder disputes, including shareholder demand responses, real estate, construction, and the defense of mass torts involving deaths or catastrophic...

Dave Martin assists real estate companies, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other businesses in complex acquisitions and dispositions of office, retail, industrial and multi-family properties, including multi-million dollar portfolios and joint venture arrangements, across the United States...

Sean O'Neill handles commercial and real estate litigation matters for energy companies, developers, higher education institutions and insurance companies, among others. He also advises clients on environmental social and governance (ESG) related issues and provides counsel in connection with...

Stephanie Denker focuses on complex commercial litigation, including insurance and securities law. In the Insurance industry, Stephanie has experience in lapse litigation, primarily in New York. Stephanie also defends insurance companies in class actions, including cases brought in Illinois, Florida...

Jim Goodrich handles commercial real estate transactions and construction contracts across the United States for developers, owners, higher education institutions and major construction companies. Jim's approach to negotiations is to start with commercially reasonable documents and then to cut to...

Toby Eveland is a skilled litigator and trial advocate for clients who are involved in high-profile cases that pose a risk to their reputation and complex business disputes that could affect their viability. His courtroom experience includes successes in state, federal, and appellate courts across...

Michael O'Reilly represents companies and individuals in litigation and arbitration of complex business and commercial disputes. Drawing on 20 years of experience, Michael handles cases that involve issues ranging from unfair competition and theft of trade secrets to breach of contract and property...

Geoff Gamble is a litigator who focuses on insurance disputes, consumer financial services matters, and shareholder issues. He has extensive experience handling these and other complex commercial matters in federal and state courts and before private arbitration panels. Geoff represents insurance...

Martin Doyle concentrates his practice in commercial real estate transactions, with an emphasis on real estate acquisitions and dispositions, finance, and leasing. Martin has represented clients in transactions involving a wide array of property categories, including office, shopping center, retail...

Howard Majev is a seasoned real estate attorney with extensive experience in acquisitions, dispositions, financings, development, and leasing of industrial, multi-family, retail, office, mixed-use, and sports properties, including stadium development. He has considerable experience with regards to...

With the emergence and growth of alternative financing options and insurance risk mitigation mechanisms surrounding litigation, Saul Ewing has developed its Litigation Finance & Contingent Litigation Risk Insurance Group. Our attorneys advise litigation funders, investors, insurers and other clients...

Tricia Duffy maintains a general litigation practice and handles a variety of matters involving complex commercial disputes. Tricia has experience advising institutions of higher education on matters involving Title IX and affirmative action, as well responding to OCR investigations. Recently, she...