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Scott M. Riemer served as Faculty Member at PLI live webcast on MetLife v. Glenn

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On July 17, 2008, Scott M. Riemer served as a faculty member on a live webcast sponsored by the Practicing Law Institute. The topic of the webcast was the "A New Firestone Drill under ERISA: MetLife v. Glenn." Please take a look at PLI's website for more information. http://www.pli.edu/product/webcast_detail.asp?id=49490

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Scott M. Riemer to Lecture at ACI Conference in Boston on Disability Insurance Claims

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On June 12, 2008, Scott M. Riemer will lecture at the 11th National Advanced Forum on Resolving Disability Insurance lawyer New York Claims & Litigation in Boston. The conference is sponsored by the American Conference Institute. The conference will include speakers who are leading plaintiff and defense lawyers as well as top medical experts. The topic of my discussion will be "Standard of Review in ERISA Litigation in Light of MetLife v. Glenn." MetLife v. Glenn, which will be decide by the Supreme Court this term, is expected to be the most important ERISA case in the last 20 years. Please take a look at ACI's website for more information, http://americanconference.com

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Multiple Sclerosis Society (NYC Chapter) files Amicus Brief in MetLife v. Glenn

Litigation News MetLife

On March 27, 2008, Scott M. Riemer filed an amicus brief on behalf of the NYC Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Disability Lawyer New York in the case of MetLife v. Glenn, now pending in the U.S. Supreme Court and waiting for oral argument on April 23, 2008. The brief of the Chapter was proudly filed on a pro bono basis by Riemer Hess LLC and Jonathan Feigenbaum.

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Consequential Damages Now Available in New York

Litigation News Consequential Damages

New York has always been a regressive State for insurance claims. Not any more. On February 19, 2008, New York's highest Court issued a decision in Bi-Economy Market, Inc. v. Harleysville Ins. Co. of New York that dramatically changed the legal landscape. An insured can now assert a claim against an Insurance Lawyer New York company for violation of an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Therefore, if an insured can establish that the insurance company denial was in bad faith or that there was no reasonable basis for the denial, the insured can recover not only the insurance benefits at issue, but also reasonably foreseeable damages.

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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Important Long Term Disability Case

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The Supreme Court agreed to hear MetLife's appeal in MetLife v. Glenn. This will perhaps be the most important Supreme Court decision in the area of long term New York Disability Lawyer claims in decades.

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