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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...
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New Jersey’s landmark Environmental Justice Law, N.J.S.A. 13:1D-157 (“EJ Law”), signed by Governor Murphy in September 2020, authorizes the NJDEP to deny or condition certain permits based on an assessment of a “facility’s” contribution to environmental and public health impacts in the State’s...
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...
The law firm of Saul Ewing invites you to their 7th Biennial Energy and the Environment Symposium in Houston, Texas . This half-day hybrid MCLE brought together in-house counsel, prominent industry representatives and government officials - virtually and in-person - to share their insights on the...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to an award of attorney’s fees (but not) costs, class certification in an ERISA benefits case, a court finding that a physician claimant was disabled from his own occupation, a claimant paying into insurance he thinks he has, and an insurance company...
On May 26th, the EPA released an update of its Legal Tools to Advance Environmental justice – a compilation of the legal authorities it relies upon to protect public health and the environment for all persons in EJ and all communities. The tool kit replaces the “Plan EJ 2014 Legal Tools” and...
Saul Ewing's Environmental, Social, and Governance Practice and the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago conducted a panel discussion of industry experts providing an overview of SEC Proposed Rule S7-10-22 regarding climate risk. In addition to a general overview, presenters discussed...
During the Association of Corporate Counsel New to In-House Network May Legal Update, Partners Sean O'Neill and Michael Gold presented along with Charles "Chuck" Neff, Director of Compliance and Assistant General Counsel at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. The session addressed the SEC’s recently...
MANAGING REGULATORY AND LITIGATION RISKS RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE During the Association of Corporate Counsel New to In-House Network May Legal Update, Partners Sean O'Neill and Michael Gold presented along with Charles "Chuck" Neff, Director of Compliance and Assistant General Counsel at...