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This month’s Friday Five explores recent decisions that illustrate the importance of the administrative record built by a claims administrator, and the impact that the depth and thoroughness of the record will have on litigation over claims decisions. Whether reviewing claims under the de novo...
Kathryn Doyle, a partner at Saul Ewing, will present during the Penn Medicine Commercialization Speaker Series. She will discuss the latest trends in Life Sciences intellectual property on November 17 from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Igor Pleskov, a Partner in the firm's Real Estate Practice, will speak during the November Association of Corporate Counsel New to In-House Legal Update. The discussion will cover considerations for in-house counsel when reviewing or negotiating leases. The program will focus on key lease provisions...
Saul Ewing Real Estate attorneys, Megan Moyer and Frederick Poindexter, moderated a panel discussion on the cost-saving benefits of C-PACE Financing amid efforts to achieve carbon neutrality. Our panel of experts, all of whom were involved in a joint project and represented each aspect of the...
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...
Stephanie Denker, an Associate at Saul Ewing, LLP, will be speaking at the ARIAS Fall Conference on November 4, 2022. This session, Rapid Fire Case Presentations, was such a success in years past, it's being brought back for 2022! Hear from five presenters as they compete to convince the audience...
Commercial Real Estate Sellers Are Feeling the Pressure of Rising Interest Rates Some deals are falling through because the cost of borrowing is making some projects economically unfeasible. As interest rates continue to skyrocket, that’s putting pressure on sellers of commercial real estate...
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...
Andrew F. Palmieri, a commercial real estate partner in Saul Ewing‘s Washington, DC office, has been appointed to serve as President-Elect for the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (“ACMA”). Formed in 1974, the ACMA is comprised of 500 lawyers in North America that share a commitment to giving...
Property insurers faced with COVID-19 related claims for business income losses can take comfort in the recent trend of most appellate courts to find in favor of insurers that have denied coverage based on policy language requiring direct physical loss or damage. What You Need to Know: Many...
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...