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This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to a plaintiff’s attempts to seal a complaint seeking disability benefits, an administrator’s uncommunicated decision to discontinue its investigation into certain medical conditions, an administrator’s loss of the deferential standard of review for...

The deal reached between the President and House Speaker McCarthy on the debt limit bill includes provisions approving a natural gas pipeline project (Mountain Valley Pipeline) and eliminating any judicial review of its existing and future permits, and also includes some limited reform of the...

The Sacketts made history again [1] in their continuing saga to build a modest house on a small lot they purchased in Bonner County, Idaho where they filled in some soggy low land. For roughly 15 years, Michael and Chantell Sackett battled against a United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA...

This month’s Friday Five explores two recent decisions that discuss limitations on benefits when both physical disability and disability arising from mental illness are alleged, whether remand of a claim by the court constitutes a new appeal or a continuation of the previous appeal, whether an order...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) recently announced a proposed settlement [1] in two lawsuits filed in 2020 by Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and a number of environmental groups alleging the EPA is not doing enough to ensure...

In It for the Long Haul: Covid, Long Covid, and Covid-Adjacent Claims Issues Caitlin Strauss will be speaking on a panel during the 2023 DRI Life, Health, Disability, and ERISA Seminar in New Orleans, Louisiana. Joining Caitlin on the panel is Lisa E. Montelongo-Connor, Unum and Joni Sobocinski, New...

Brownfields Redevelopment: A CREW NJ Lunch and Learn Melissa Clarke joins CREW NJ and commercial real estate professionals to discuss the tools and resources necessary to redevelop brownfield sites -- properties that are abandoned or underutilized because of either real or perceived contamination.

New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) finalized its long-awaited Environmental Justice Rules (“EJ Rules”) by publishing them in the New Jersey Register on April 17, 2023. The EJ Rules implement New Jersey’s landmark Environmental Justice Law. In a tandem action, the White...

Saul Ewing is proud to sponsor the 2023 ABA Litigation Section Annual Conference coming up on April 19-21, 2023 at the Loews Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. Litigation Department Chair Cathleen Devlin will be a panelist on a CLE program titled “ESG, It’s Easy as 1-2-3?,” taking place on Thursday...

This month’s Friday Five explores recent decisions that reflect the precise nature of rules and definitions in the context of ERISA claims. For example, effective dates of CFR code provisions and contractually defined limitation periods can draw specific points on the timeline of a case. Similarly...

THE IMPACT ESG HAS ON C&D DECISION MAKING Partner Sean O'Neill will join a panel to discuss how ESG is being integrated into everyday development and design decisions.

This month's Friday Five covers cases relating to issue preclusion, coverage where the policy terms are inconsistent with the parties’ behavior, application of the abuse of discretion standard of review, applicability of a waiver of premium provision and compliance with a mandatory appeals process...

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...

Saul Ewing attorneys, Sean O’Neill and Michael Gold , discuss new ESG regulations in connection with the Real Estate industry and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). New regulations from the U.S. Department of Labor and proposed regulations from the Securities & Exchange Commission have created...

On January 6, 2023, the Biden Administration released an interim Guidance on the Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change to assist federal agencies to “better assess and disclose climate impacts” of their policies. See NEPA Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions...

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is soliciting public comment on its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (“Green Guides”), as part of its analysis of whether to modify, retain, or rescind the Green Guides. The issues raised in the Green Guides potentially impact any company that...

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