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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal of an unpublished Fourth Circuit decision involving the payment of attorney’s fees in an ERISA long term disability case.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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January 6, 2006
The maximum that can be charged for calculating attorney’s fees remains unchanged for 2006:
The Commissioner of Social Security has determined, based on the best available data that the current assessment percentage rate of 6.3 percent will continue for 2006. We will continue to review our costs on a yearly basis.
The $75 cap remains in place. [...]
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