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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Dolgencorp, LLC, d/b/a Dollar General Corporation serves as a critical lesson of what can happen when managers are not properly prepared. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held in this case that Linda Atkins, an...
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, in McMillan v. AT&T Umbrella Benefit Plan No. 1, has affirmed a district court's decision to reverse a plan administrator's denial of short-term disability benefits on the basis that that it acted arbitrarily and capriciously in...
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals (the "D.C. Circuit"), in Peck. v. SELEX Systems Integration, Inc., has affirmed a district court's judgment that a terminated employee was not eligible for severance pay after he refused to accept a transfer from his marketing...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") recently issued a report about age discrimination that reads like a wake-up call. Essentially, 50 years have passed since the passage of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA") and age discrimination is...
HHS, DOL and IRS (the "Agencies") have jointly issued a final rule on August 3, 2018 (Fed. Reg., V. 83,8/3/18 p. 38212) that expands the availability of short-term, limited-duration health insurance. The final rule updates and finalizes a proposed rule that was issued...
Accounts of workplace harassment involving employees, entertainers, athletes, and students has been well-publicized in 2018. This publicity has led to the widely-known "#MeToo movement." Some states and municipalities, including New York State ("NYS") and New York...
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Pharmaceutical Care Management Association v. Rutledge, has held that Medicare Part D and ERISA preempt an Arkansas statute that imposed regulations on pharmacy benefits managers ("PBMs"). Facts. In 2015, Arkansas passed...
Although the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in American Orthopedic & Sports Medicine vs. Independence Blue Cross Blue Shield, that a group health plan's anti-assignment provision was valid, this does not prevent a health care service provider from...
On July 11, 2018, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations ("OCIE") of the Securities and Exchange Commission published a Risk Alert relating to best execution deficiencies on the part of investment advisers. Under section 28(e) of the Securities and...
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has ruled, in Feistl v. Luzerne Intermediate Unit, that an employee on intermittent leave is not protected by the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") unless the leave is requested and approved annually....