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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...
ABC News legal contributors and experts break down the latest in the investigation conducted by the Jan. 6 committee and questions over whether former President Donald Trump will comply.
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...
Summary/Description: The story of United States v. Rocket Learning, LLC
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...
Trump requests neutral special master review seized items | ABCNL ABC News' Aaron Katersky and Kenneth Moton along with legal analyst Jeff Robbins discuss the latest on the Mar-a-Lago raid and investigation.
Justin Danilewitz Speaks with 7NEWS on FBI Recovered Documents from Donald Trump's Home
Justin Danilewitz, a former federal prosecutor now at Saul Ewing, likewise said that what happens next is largely going to turn on whether Trump used his authority to declassify the documents he had in his possession. "The whole game is going to be fought over the actual status of this material,"...
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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TAX TREATY PRIMER—AN OVERVIEW OF TAX TREATIES AND TAX TREATY PLANNING TECHNIQUES David Shapiro, Chair of the Firm's Tax Practice, will be speaking at the NYU School of Professional Studies on Monday, July 11, 2022. His topic will be "Tax Treaty Primer - An Overview of Tax Treaties and Tax Treaty...
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...
Investment Adviser ESG Lessons From BNY Mellon Case By Justin Danilewitz, Bethany Beaver and Shivani Govani (June 29, 2022, 11:52 AM EDT) -- In what likely foreshadows increased enforcement activity, on May 23, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement of charges against...
“Penny wise but pound foolish” first appeared in writing over 500 years ago. This idiom captures the wisdom of human experience in just five words: shortcuts that appear to save money are more expensive in the long run. Sometimes much more. Further proof of this eternal truth - and one taxpayer’s...
Saul Ewing attorneys Justin Danilewitz, Patrick Hromisin and Zachary Kizitaff in Philadelphia secured a big win in Pennsylvania state court (Chester County) in a criminal pretrial hearing on behalf of Frank Recknagel, a Security Manager for Energy Transfer LP. Mr. Recknagel was charged with seven...