On ERISA preemption grounds, a federal court has ruled against state law claims asserted by the beneficiary of a former school teacher who sought benefits from a group life insurance policy. Woods v.

Synopsis: Two Courts of Appeal reach opposite results on ERISA preemption, thus continuing the judicial quest for a definitive meaning of ERISA preemption. Stay tuned for more such decisions, and yet ...

* The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) limits the ability of states to regulate many employer-sponsored health insurance plans for the purpose of avoiding duplicative or ...

Thanks to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), millions of American workers and their families have enjoyed high-quality, employer-provided retirement and health benefits for ...

The National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) passed a resolution in support of amending the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to enable state policymakers to enact more ...

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the allegations of a late MasterCard worker's spouse, who claimed the company breached its fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security ...

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On October 16th, the Public Policy Program hosted Dr. Miranda Yaver for a lecture titled Justice Denied: The Legal Architecture of Health Insurance Inequity. Dr. Yaver is an Assistant Professor of ...

Hospital executives, contracting personnel and revenue cycle teams may have heard about The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 — better known as ERISA — but few clearly understand how ...