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Your ERISA Watch Podcast
ERISA (the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) governs many of the employee benefits that impact our daily lives, including mental health coverage, long-term disability, retirement benefits, and life insurance. While it may not always receive the same attention as other areas of law, the stakes in ERISA matters are significant and often life changing.
The ERISA Watch Podcast, produced by Kantor & Kantor, LLP, provides insight into ERISA litigation, insurance disputes, and employee benefit claims, with a focus on the real-world impact these cases have on individuals and families.
Episodes feature in-depth discussions of complex cases, industry trends, and the human stories behind ERISA litigation.
This podcast was originally hosted by Elizabeth Hopkins during her time with the firm.
Your ERISA Watch Podcast
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This this episode of ERISA Watch, host Elizabeth Hopkins asks if insurance companies live up to the promise instilled through ERISA, or do they take advantage of the peculiarities of trust law to avoid paying benefits.
In a short origin story of the concept of trust, courts of equity, and chancery law, Elizabeth tells how the federal law of ERISA grew out of these historical and societal concepts.
To illustrate how these concepts that are governed by ERISA and state laws, Elizabeth has a conversation with Glenn Kantor, one of the nation's premier experts and ERISA litigators. Glenn shared a few stories that show how under ERISA, the insurance companies have been putting their thumbs on the scales of justice so that they and their shareholders profit, while individuals and their families go without benefits they deserve.
Can these things change? As Elizabeth says, history does show that change can and sometimes does happen to meet the needs of the times , and crusaders are often at the forefront of such change.
Please enjoy the episode, and look forward for #5 on July 2.
