January 16, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal of an unpublished Fourth Circuit decision involving the payment of attorney’s fees in an ERISA long term disability case. The case is Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance. The issues:
(1) Whether ERISA § 502(g)(1) provides a district court with discretion to award reasonable [...]
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December 18, 2009
This is good news. It looks like the two nominees for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals have the support of both Senators Burr and Hagan:
Senator Burr, who introduced the nominees, asked the Committee to give the Judges an “expedited review and referral” to the full Senate. The process is already moving quickly. This [...]
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