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Nov. 7, 2015

Supreme Court ramps up interest in ERISA

The Supreme Court's recent interest in ERISA litigation has meant significantly more rights for employees. By Robert J. McKennon and Joseph S. McMillen

Robert J. McKennon

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Robert specializes in representing policyholders in life, health and disability insurance, insurance bad faith, ERISA and unfair business practices litigation. His firm's California Insurance Litigation Blog can be found at www.californiainsurancelitigation.com.

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By Robert J. McKennon and Joseph S. McMillen

Over the past several years, the U.S. Supreme Court has ramped up its interest in litigation over employee life, health and disability benefit claims governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. It has: (1) relaxed the standard for an employee to recover his attorney fees; (2) allowed discovery previously not permitted; (3) significantly expanded employee remedies; (4) determined pla...

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