James A Hazlehurst
March 26, 2014 | Inside Counsel
What in-house counsel should know from the basics of the ACA’s employer mandateTime will tell the extent to which such protections will remain and how the employer mandate will reshape the landscape of employer-sponsored health insurance.
By James A. Hazlehurst
4 minute read
February 26, 2014 | Inside Counsel
Compliance: <i>Heimeshoff</i> highlights the importance of contractual limitation periods in ERISA plansSince Heimeshoff, three district court cases have already held that lawsuits to recover ERISA plan benefits were barred by the plans contractual limitation period.
By James A. Hazlehurst
6 minute read
February 12, 2014 | Inside Counsel
Compliance: <i>Cigna v. Amara</i> and how ERISA summary plan descriptions have changedWhile it is possible that terms found only in an unintegrated SPD may be enforceable so long as there is no conflicting provision in the plan documents, the safest and most reliable course of action is to add a provision to the policy or SPD stating that the SPD is...
By James A. Hazlehurst
5 minute read
January 29, 2014 | Inside Counsel
Compliance: Court rulings show adherance to 'unambiguous' ERISA plans onlyThe danger for plan sponsors and administrators is that plan terms that are not clear will be construed against them using equitable principles.
By James A. Hazlehurst
9 minute read
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