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U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Connecticut Employee Benefits Case

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Class Actions

Employee benefit cases (better known as ERISA cases, after the Employee Retirement Income Security Act) aren’t the most exciting topic in the world.  At this point, just by my very mention of ERISA, I’m imagining your mouse wandering off to view another page. But yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an important case… Continue Reading

Lawyers to Seek “Hundreds of Millions” of Dollars from CIGNA In Response to Decision

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Class Actions, Laws and Regulations, Litigation

Lawyers representing the class of retirees from CIGNA will argue that their clients are entitled to "hundreds of millions" of dollars in retirement benefits as a result of misrepresentations made by CIGNA, according to a report in yesterday’s Hartford Courant.  The Courant — which finally reported on the decision 5 days after it came out… Continue Reading