ERISA survey of federal circuits / / Brooks R. Magratten, editor

• Pubblicazione: Chicago, Illinois : , : American Bar Association, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: Two thousand fourteen edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1528 p.)
• Disciplina: 344.7301252
• Soggetto topico: Pension trusts - Law and legislation - United States; Actions and defenses - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): MagrattenBrooks R.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; About the Editor; About the Authors; CHAPTER 1: First Circuit; I. What Constitutes an ERISA Plan?; A. Determining the Existence of an Employee Welfare Benefit Plan; B. Definition of "Employee" for ERISA Purposes; C. Interpretation of Safe Harbor Regulation; D. Amount of Employer Involvement Required to Sustain an Employee Welfare Benefit Plan; E. Treatment of Multiple Employer Trusts and Welfare Agreements; F. De Facto Plan Administrators; II. Preemption; A. Scope of ERISA Preemption; 1. Express Preemption; 2. Conflict or Complete Preemption ; B. Preemption of Managed Care ClaimsC. Preemption of Malpractice Claims; D. ERISA's Insurance "Savings Clause"; E. Preemption of State Law Equitable Claims; III. Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies; A. Is Exhaustion an Absolute Requirement?; B. Exceptions to the Exhaustion Requirement; C. Consequences of Failure to Exhaust; D. Minimum Number of Levels of Administrative Review; E. Can a Defendant Waive a Failure-to-Exhaust Defense?; F. Issue Exhaustion; IV. Standard of Review; A. Plan Language; B. Effect of Conflict of Interest or Procedural Irregularity ; C. Cases Interpreting MetLife v. GlennD. Other Factors Affecting Standard of Review; V. Rules of Plan Interpretation; A. Application of Federal Common Law; B. Application of Contra Proferentem; C. Deference Afforded to an Administrator's Interpretation of a Plan; VI. Discovery in ERISA Cases; A. Limitations on Discovery; B. Discovery and Conflict of Interest; C. The Fiduciary Exception; VII. Evidence; A. Scope of Evidence under Standards of Review; B. Evidentiary Value of Social Security Determinations; C. Effect of an Independent Medical Exam versus a Medical Record Review ; D. Can an Administrator Require Objective Evidence of Disability?E. Other Evidence Issues; VIII. Procedural Aspects of ERISA Practice; A. Appropriate Defendant; B. Methods of Adjudication; C. Reported ERISA Trials; D. Special Procedures for ERISA Benefit Cases; IX. Remedies; A. Remedies for Benefits Owed; B. Remedies for Breach of Fiduciary Duty; X. Fiduciary Liability Claims; A. Definition of Fiduciary; B. Definition of Fiduciary Duties; C. Fiduciary Liability in the Context of Health and Disability Claims; D. Contribution and Indemnity Claims among Fiduciaries ; E. ERISA Claims against NonfiduciariesXI. Attorneys' Fees; A. Introduction; B. Criteria for Awarding Attorneys' Fees; C. Fees Awarded to Plan Fiduciaries; D. Calculation of Attorneys' Fees; XII. ERISA Regulations; XIII. Cases Interpreting ERISA Statutes of Limitation; XIV. Subrogation Litigation; XV. Miscellaneous; A. Unique Substantive or Procedural Rules for ERISA Cases; B. Unique Approach to Common Policy-Based Defenses; C. Delegation of Discretionary Authority; D. Supplementing the Administrative Record on Remand; E. Other Miscellaneous Issues; CHAPTER 2: Second Circuit ; I. What Constitutes an ERISA Plan?
• Sommario/riassunto: The 2014 edition of, ERISA Survey of Federal Circuits, is revised and updated to include: -Updated discussion of the most recent and leading ERISA cases by circuit -Recent ERISA discovery trends -Discussion of the Fiduciary Exception to the Attorney Client Privilege -Examination of disability claims based on the Risk of Relapse -Consideration of the consequences of a failure to make a timely request for administrative review -Review of circuit-by-circuit approaches to common plan and policy provisions
• Titolo autorizzato: ERISA survey of federal circuits
• ISBN: 1-62722-277-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461007703321
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