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This month’s Friday Five discusses cases addressing the effect of continuing to receive benefits during the period of alleged disability, reliance on an employer’s records in making a disability determination, the admissibility of expert and lay testimony from a physician in a trial over LTD...

Congratulations! After spending months preparing and submitting your marijuana license application, you have been selected by the Delaware Office of Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) to receive a coveted adult-use marijuana license — now the real work starts. Over the last eight years, I have helped...

The EB-5 program, officially known as the Employment-Based Fifth Preference Immigrant Investor Program, offers a compelling pathway for foreign investors to gain lawful permanent residency in the United States by investing in the U.S. economy. The EB-5 program is particularly attractive to...

This month’s Friday Five explores decisions from around the country discussing differences between the scope of discovery and ability to add documents to the record on a claim for review challenging the denial of LTD benefits, LTD and LWOP policies, the breadth of discretion available to claims...

NEW YORK, (JULY 15, 2024) – Saul Ewing LLP is expanding its Litigation Practice with two attorneys, Partners James Chou and Peter Zlotnick, who together bring more than 55 years of legal experience to their work representing clients in a variety of complex litigation. They are resident in the firm’s...

This month’s Friday Five explores decisions addressing the burden of proving accidental death, policy language and “any occupation” disability, an interpleader case where the insurer was not dismissed from the case, the weight to be afforded to non-treating expert opinions and SSDI determinations...

On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court released its highly anticipated opinion in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Case No. 23-124. The question before the Court was whether the bankruptcy code authorizes a court to approve, as part of a chapter 11 plan, a release that extinguishes claims held by...

Delene Lantz, Counsel, Saul Ewing LLP, will speak at the PA Township Association of Supervisor’s (PSATS) Secretary and Township Managers Summit in Boalsburg, PA on Tuesday, June 18th. Her topic will be Managing Right-to-Know Requests. Get caught up on the latest news, RTKL decisions, and best...

This month’s Friday Five explores recent decisions with issues spanning physician power of attorney to preexisting exclusions and the fiduciary duty of an insurance company. The Saul Ewing Employee Benefits/ERISA Litigation Team Whether a provider has sufficiently pleaded the existence of a valid...

A bipartisan group of representatives, led by Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Veronica Escobar (D-TX), have introduced an updated version of the Dignity Act (H.R. 3599) to fix what they call the nation’s fractured immigration system. The authors of the bill call it the first serious...

The EB-5 industry is heading to Atlanta, GA in 2024 for the 14th Annual EB-5 Industry Forum the premiere annual gathering of EB-5 stakeholders. Attendees will enjoy two days of networking, education, and business development in one of the country's most important financial and economic hubs...

This month’s Friday Five explores decisions from around the country discussing differences between LTD and LWOP policies, the breadth of discretion available to claims administrators and the always important topic of timely action by insurers in issuing claims decisions. The Saul Ewing Employee...

This month’s Friday Five covers the treatment of job-related stress in assessing an attorney’s disability, the requirements surrounding the qualifications of a medical professional to review a claimant’s medical records in making disability determinations, the requirements for determining disability...

In a conversational 30-minute forum over Zoom, Saul Ewing attorneys hosted a discussion on emerging industry developments and common issues that cannabis businesses face today. This month's program featured content covering current regulatory landscape and how it impacts your business. Interested in...

This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to an alleged conflict of interest leading to discovery, two courts’ opposite treatments of subjective pain complaints, a decision that claims of fraud and misrepresentation were not preempted by ERISA and a court’s deference to an insurer’s...

Candice L. Kline, Partner at Saul Ewing, will be speaking in an upcoming live video webinar, " Intersection of Bankruptcy and ADR: Issues for Creditors, Counterparties, and Plan Proponents " scheduled for Friday, February 16, 1:00pm-2:30pm EST. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) issues arise in...