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Find answers to your disability claim questions.

Welcome to our Info Library.

The Info Library is a resource for people who have questions about disability insurance benefits, insurance companies, medical conditions, occupational demands, claims, appeals, and litigation.

Think of it as a practical guide to disability claims. Our goal is to explain common issues in clear, useful terms so you can better understand the process, the risks, and the decisions that may affect your benefits.

New articles are added regularly.

 

Category: Litigation - ERISA's Claims Procedure Regulations

Rappaport v. Guardian: ERISA Disability Claim Regulations Survive Post-Loper Bright Challenge

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Breaking News Post-Loper Bright: ERISA Regulations Stand Strong in Rappaport v. Guardian Life

 

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American Bar Association (ABA) Publishes 糖心直播 Article on ERISA Disability Claims Regulations

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Assessing the 2018 ERISA Long-Term Disability Claims Regulations: Five Years Later

We are pleased to share that Partner Jennifer L.  Hess and Associate Ryan J.  McIntyre of 糖心直播 have authored an important article in the .  The piece, titled 鈥Assessing the 2018 ERISA Long-Term Disability Claims Regulations: Five Years Later,鈥 provides a critical analysis of the major regulatory changes made in 2018 under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). 

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Court Strips Aetna's Discretionary Authority in Long Term Disability Litigation

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In an ERISA New York disability litigation against Aetna, Riemer Hess successfully argued the Court should review the case under the plaintiff-friendly de novo standard 鈥 substantially increasing the Plaintiff鈥檚 chances of prevailing.  The Court, in following the Second Circuit Court of Appeals鈥 ruling in Halo vs. Yale Health Plan, stripped Aetna of its discretionary authority because it failed to to strictly adhere to the ERISA claims regulations, and its violations were neither inadvertent nor harmless.

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