Midwinter Meeting Papers

2024 Employee Benefits Highlights
Lois Chang, Sydney Juliano, Sam Schwartz-Fenwick, Phillip Thompson and Ryan Wheeler

Civil Procedure Update
Adam Garner, Sasha Gillin and Kimberly Jones

Multiemployer Plan Mashup
Mayoung Nham and Neil Shah 

Trends in Disability and Life Insurance Benefit Litigation
Denise M. Clark, Cassie Springer Ayeni and Ryan Tikker

More Tightly Secure 2.0
Robert Gower and Anusha Rasalingam

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Program
Prof. Kevin Woodson, Ph.D., J.D.

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Racial Discomfort: The hidden reasons why so many Black workers leave elite law firms, banks, and consulting firms.
• Race and Rapport: Homophily and Racial Disadvantage in Large Law Firms

Happy Birthday, ERISA! A Retrospective of the Act that Has Shaped Employee Benefits for 50 Years
Phyllis Borzi, Karen Friedman, Jeffrey Lewis, Radha Pathak, Douglas Selwyn and Howard Shapiro

• Outline: ERISA Litigation Through the Decades
• ERISA in the 21st Century
• Filling in the Gaps: ERISA Come s of Age

ERISA Representation Issues and the Latest ABA Ethics Opinions
Maureen Marra, Rachel Morowitz and Kirsten Scott

Class Action Litigation Trends
John Stokes, René Thorne and Michael Weiner

MHPAEA Final Rules, Compliance and Litigation
Ben Conley, Marcy Dunlap and Brian S. King

• Summary of the new MHPAEA rules, 89 Fed. Register 77586, issued on September 9, 2024, by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury

Government Investigations
Lety Dorigo and Joanne Roskey

Regulatory Update
Timothy Eicher, Katherine Kohn and Dana Muir

Health and Welfare Update
Jason S. Cowart, Sarah Kanter and Elena Lynett