Legal Updates

• Attorney: Felsenfeld, Peter J.

11 matches.

• ERISA Exhaustion Requirement Not Satisfied by Verbal Appeal When Plan Required Written Appeal
  The LHD/ERISA Advisor
  October 6, 2021
• DOL Letter Indicates ERISA Plan Administrators Must Produce an Audio Recording or Transcript of Call Between Claimant and Plan Representative Upon Request
  The LHD/ERISA Advisor
  October 6, 2021
• Health Plan May Not Exclude Specific Autism Treatments
  The LHD/ERISA Advisor
  May 26, 2021
• Sparsely Pleaded Parity Act Lawsuit Survives Motion to Dismiss
  The LHD/ERISA Advisor
  May 26, 2021
• Sixth Circuit Upholds Denial of LTD Benefits by Decision Makers Employed by Another Entity Within the Plan Administrator's Corporate Family
  The LHD/ERISA Advisor
  February 25, 2021
• Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court May Consider Social Security Administration Ruling That Was Not Before the Plan Administrator
  The LHD/ERISA Advisor
  February 25, 2021
• Court Ruling that ACA Gender Transition Mandate Violates Religious Liberty Illustrates Interplay Between ACA and ERISA
  The LHD/ERISA Advisor
  February 25, 2021
• Court Affirms Principle that Challenges to Benefits Determination Involving Mental Illness Limitation Require Specific, Concrete Evidence of Physical Factors
  The LHD/ERISA Advisor
  February 25, 2021
• Denial of Mental Health Treatment Benefits Ruled Improper under Milliman Care Guidelines
  The LHD/ERISA Advisor
  January 25, 2021
• Utah Court Rules ERISA Plan Was Wrong to Deny Coverage for Mental Health Care Received at Residential Treatment Facility
  The LHD/ERISA Advisor
  October 5, 2020
• Tenth Circuit Finds District Court Applied Wrong Standard of Review in Evaluating Plan Administrator's Medical Necessity Determination
  The LHD/ERISA Advisor
  October 5, 2020