On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Jul 26, 2010 | Firm News, Legislation
On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4173). The Act directs the U.S. Treasury Department to create a Federal Insurance Office (“FIO”) The FIO has the authority to monitor all aspects of...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Jul 25, 2010 | Duty to Defend, Firm News
The Thursday July 17, 2010 edition of the San Francisco Daily Journal featured my article, entitled “The Continuous Injury Trigger: A Cat-and-Mouse Game,” in the Perspective column. It explains a recent case from the California 4th Appellate District which rejected a...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Jul 19, 2010 | Case Updates, Disability Insurance, Disability Insurance News, ERISA, ERISA - Attorneys' Fees, Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog, News
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court handed ERISA plan participants a big victory when they decided the important ERISA disability case of Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance, __ U.S. __ (Decided May 24, 2010)(see our blog discussion here) holding that an ERISA...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Jul 7, 2010 | Case Updates, Disability Insurance, Disability Insurance News, ERISA, Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog, Legislation
In the last several years, the scope of discovery in ERISA cases has been a point of contention between plaintiff and defense counsel. Plaintiffs typically want free range to conduct discovery on any potentially relevant information addressing the conflict of...
