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A recent flurry of activity in Chapter 11 practice has been an embrace of bankruptcy as the ideal forum for companies to channel mass tort litigation into mandatory mediation and a settlement plan process. Purdue Pharma, Boy Scouts, Johnson & Johnson, 3M, and others have strategically used...
MyLawCLE, Partnership and LLC Bankruptcies: Tips and Direction for Emerging Problem Areas Facing Lawyers Who Represent LLC and Partnership Entities or Their Members and Partners.
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...
American Bankruptcy Institute Winter Leadership Conference, Dealing with Digital Assets,
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...
Panelist During Views from the Bench, Valuing the Difficult Asset
RESTRUCTURING, INSOLVENCY & TROUBLED COMPANIES 2022; BAD DEBTOR OWES ME MONEY! Candice Kline, a Partner in the Firm's Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice, will participate in a Financial Poise webinar on October 19, 2022, entitled "Bad Debtor Owes Me Money!" This is part of the "Restructuring...
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...
Strafford Webinar Panelist on Partnership and LLC Bankruptcies: Unique Legal Issues and Recent Case Law Developments
BUYING DISTRESSED ASSETS, CLAIMS, AND SECURITIES FOR FUN & PROFIT 2021 Candice Kline, a Partner in the firm's Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice, will participate in a Financial Poise webinar, entitled "Opportunity Amidst Crisis- Buying Distressed Assets, Claims, and Securities for Fun & Profit...
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...
Panelist During American Bankruptcy Institute abiLIVE! Webinar, Dealing with Digital Assets
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On June 30th, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in West Virginia v. EPA. The Court concluded that the EPA had exceeded its authority under the Clean Air Act by establishing emission caps in the Clean Power Plan (CPP) that would have required a shift in electrical generation from...
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...
Candice Kline, a partner in Saul Ewing's bankruptcy practice, will be a moderator at Succession Planning for a Small Business – Part 2, presented by the ISBA Business Advice and Financial Planning Section, on June 21, 2022. Succession Planning for a Small Business – Part 2 Presented by the ISBA...