Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Apr. 6, 2018
Ruling addresses when a third-party acts as ERISA fiduciary
The 9th Circuit outlined the role that employers and others play as fiduciaries under ERISA, in order “to ensure that employees will not be left empty-handed.”
Robert J. McKennon
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USC Law School
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.
Stephanie L. Talavera
Associate
McKennon Law Group PC
20321 SW Birch St Ste 200
Newport Beach , CA 92660-1756
Phone: (949) 387-9595
Email: st@mckennonlawgroup.com
UC Irvine Law School
Stephanie represents insureds, claimants and beneficiaries in a broad range of civil litigation specializing in insurance and ERISA disputes involving life, health, long-term disability and short-term disability claim denials.
Congress enacted the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to protect employees from the then-rampant abuse of their employer-sponsored plans, including those plans that provide life, accident, disability, health and retirement benefits. To achieve its goals, ERISA establishes procedural protections and imposes fiduciary duties on various parties involved in a plan's administration. Once the relationship is established, an ERISA fiduciary must exercise discr...
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