It’s been a fascinating week in insurance and ERISA news, making it a good week to be the author of an ongoing weekly series on hot topics, articles, posts and the like in these areas of law. Interestingly (to me, anyway), the first three stories directly concern cases and issues I have litigated many times
Some weeks the Five Favorites write themselves and this week was one of them. I think it’s because so many of the articles hit right dead center on issues I have litigated or counseled on over the years, including disputes between excess and primary insurers, whether forfeiture under a 401(k) plan is appropriate, withdrawal liability
We are having a blizzard in Boston today. It started around 3 in the morning and is expected to continue for much of the day. I thought I would take a break from snowblowing to finally finish my top ten countdown of my blog and LinkedIn posts of 2025. I had originally targeted the end
This is a really educational week on Five Favorites for Friday. There is no hidden message or implicit critique buried in that point. It’s just that a number of comprehensive stories providing a detailed overview of key areas of development in ERISA litigation were published this past week and, solely because of their quality, make
This was a fun week if, like me, you enjoy reading about ERISA and insurance issues. There was a lot to pay attention to, but for purposes of this weekly post, I narrowed it down to articles on nuclear verdicts, cyber insurance, regulatory initiatives targeted at PBMs and drug pricing, the continued boom in ERISA
In some ways, the second most popular post on my blog in 2025 was my favorite – and objectively likely my “best” – post of the year, in any venue. It hit early and accurately, and provided actionable advice to an at-risk population, namely employers who sponsor 401(k) plans and the fiduciaries who operate them.
This is the latest in a series of posts, always published on Friday, discussing five articles, topics, videos, podcasts, blog posts and the like that crossed my desk during the week just ended. Some weeks, the post has a consistent theme, such as last week when it turned out to be essentially “all ERISA, all
I am continuing with the countdown of my top ten most popular blog or LinkedIn posts of 2025, and we have now made it all the way to number four. For those of you new to the countdown, you can find the rules of the contest here.
The fourth most popular post of 2025
This week’s Five Favorites is very ERISA heavy. Sometimes that’s just the way the world spins, as there is a lot going on with retirement plans and ERISA litigation, even at the Supreme Court. A lot of it touches on some of my favorite topics, such as the role of the jury trial in ERISA
I am determined to finish my countdown of my ten most popular posts of 2025 while we are still within sight of the beginning of the year – in other words, before the calendar flips over to February.
So with that said, I am taking a break from drafting a number of complaints that I