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
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
I was in the First Circuit courtroom not too long ago waiting to argue when I became interested in another case on the argument list, which concerned the overlap of legal malpractice and patent law, both areas in which I have litigated cases in the past. But what really grabbed my attention about the case
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
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
There’s a lot of good content out there these days on the subjects that I care enough to write about here or on LinkedIn: AI and the practice of law, AI and insurance, ERISA litigation and exposures, insurance industry developments, and a number of other topics. I could have easily identified and included way more
And their off! The old racing call seems like a good fit for the first week of a new business year, as everything and everyone that was put to the side for the last two weeks of December comes racing back onto the desktop.
And so it has been as well with articles, blog posts