OVERVIEW
We also assist clients in handling benefit claims and appeals and other issues under retirement and welfare plans including these:
- Disputed benefit claims (administrative proceedings and litigation)
- Breach of fiduciary duty claims
- Pension dispute and assessment claims with union plans
- DOL proceedings alleging pension and welfare plan violations
- Breach of welfare reimbursements to out-of-network providers
- Defense of plan sponsors in civil and criminal enforcement actions
- Retaliation and discrimination claims under 510 of ERISA
- COBRA and HIPAA claims
- Multi-employer plan withdrawal liability claims
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Representative Matters
- Defended litigation with bankruptcy trustees asserting outstanding pension and welfare claims
- Defended association in state investigation of multi-employer welfare arrangements
- Defended plan fiduciaries in multi-employer pension plan action relating to plan termination
- Successfully handled question of first impression on ERISA’s vesting rules for multi-employer pension plans
- Defended claims of successor employer status arising out of liquidation and corporate transactions
- Resolved 5500 filing issues for plan sponsors with DOL
- Oversaw Trustee claims seeking pension contributions for withdrawal liability matters
- Obtained summary judgment verdict in defense of self-insured healthcare plan alleging breach of fiduciary duties
- Obtained summary judgment in client’s favor under an ERISA claim involving long term disability benefits