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In a conversational 30-minute forum over Zoom, Saul Ewing attorneys will host a monthly series discussing emerging industry developments and common issues that cannabis businesses face today. Interested in the full series? Learn more about additional dates and topics . For questions, please contact...
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...
Lawyers Only: Making Litigation Funding Better What are the best practices for firms to seek working capital? How do firms recommend funders for their clients? How are law firms contemplating using funding or investment for cases after filing? How does one navigating the ethical, privilege...
Litigation Risk Insurance; New Coverages; Risk Solutions; and Nuclear Claims? Litigation risk insurance, which for the most part, insures against adverse judgments or assists in preserving judgments, has become popular in the last few years. What is litigation risk insurance? How is it underwritten...
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...
This month’s Friday Five explores decisions regarding the transfer of an ERISA action that was filed in a state where an insurer did not maintain sufficient minimum contacts, an award of attorneys’ fees, costs, and prejudgment interest, deference to an insurer’s interpretation of a plan’s provisions...
Breaking (free from) the Bank: Cannabis Litigation Finance This panel provides an overview of litigation finance, explores unique aspects of cannabis litigation that make cannabis litigation finance necessary, and provides resources for cannabis attorneys and their clients as they explore litigation...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to the enforceability of contractual statute of limitations provisions described as a “labyrinth,” ERISA claims when the carrier allegedly misrepresents benefits, federal courts retaining ERISA jurisdiction following a related state court case, a court...
CHICAGO, (DECEMBER 11, 2023) – In joining Saul Ewing as a new partner, Julie Workman brings more than two decades of experience in real estate and land use law to help clients carry their commercial and residential projects from concept to completion. She is resident in the firm’s Chicago office. Ms...
This month’s Friday Five explores a decision ordering an IME prior to a ruling on summary judgment motions, the extent claims reporting records can be sealed, the scope of ERISA preemption in the context of removal, and two decisions awarding summary judgment for the defendant despite the plaintiffs...
The Saul Ewing LLP Friday Five editorial team of Amy Kline, Caitlin Strauss, and Mike Joyce, look back on the past five years of the Friday Five Publication. They discussed trends in ERISA claims, as well as predictions for future ERIS disputes. CLE Information: This program has been approved for 1...
What Every Employment Lawyer Needs to Know About ERISA Many lawyers are afraid of ERISA (the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974), but you don't have to be. This panel will provide an overview of key ERISA issues that employment lawyers should be aware of including which types of...