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BOSTON, MA (February 7, 2023) – Jon Barooshian and Patrick Tracey bring a combined five decades of experience as litigators to their new roles as partners in the firm’s Boston office. Mr. Barooshian will focus his practice on white collar and government enforcement matters and tax controversies...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to potential impacts of COVID-19, full and fair review of the claim file, an attempt to use an insurer’s internal policy against itself, and a “second bite at the apple” by amending a complaint for denial of benefits to include a claim for breach of...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to discovery in ERISA benefits cases, an appellate court strictly interpreting ERISA regulatory deadlines, a district court authorizing an ERISA breach of fiduciary duty claim based on alleged misrepresentations from an employer, another district court...
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...
Neither shots nor pills will immunize smaller medical, dental, chiropractic, and physical therapy practices, surgery centers, and other healthcare concerns from compliance with the looming (and burdensome) reporting obligations imposed on them if they are “reporting companies” under the federal...
Final regulations published on September 30, 2022 (the “final Regulations”) by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) of the Department of Treasury under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) grant business owners a reprieve, but not a pardon, with respect to their looming beneficial...
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...