The federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act,[1] which affects health benefits by requiring equal coverage for the treatment of both physiologic conditions and behavioral health disorders, including substance use disorders, has been a growing topic of litigation […]
Life insurance typically ends when the employee is no longer active at work. However, employees can protect their life insurance if they become critically ill. If one of the fringe benefits of your employment is group life insurance, a critical concern of most employees who become ill is how to maintain life insurance coverage while they are ill and cannot work.
Every disability insurance policy includes a requirement that the insured must be under the care of a physician as a condition of receiving or continuing to receive benefits. But what does it mean to be under the care of a physician […]
Disability benefit cases governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act are not only about whether someone qualifies for benefits, but often involve benefit terminations. While many courts have confronted that situation, the guidelines for assessing ongoing disability benefit claims have varied, especially under a deferential standard of judicial review.
Our shareholder, Martina B. Sherman, will be presenting with a line-up of employment law experts at the Federal Law Association (FBA) Chicago Chapter Ninth Annual Employment Law Seminar. […]