The premier ERISA litigation conference’s West Coast installment, led by an unparalleled faculty of in-house counsel, federal judges, and the top outside counsel plaintiff and defense litigators and firms. Download the brochure: http://americanconference.com/content/download-content/pdf/marketing/671L16_E.pdf View Website: http://americanconference.com/erisa

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2. • ERISA PREEMPTION POST­GOBEILLE: LATEST ON PROCEDURAL
AND SUBSTANTIVE ASPECTS OF THE DEFENSE
• ERISA’S REMEDIAL SCHEME AND 502(A)(3) CLAIMS: CIGNA V.
AMARA AND LATEST IMPLICATIONS; FACTORING ROCHOW INTO
THE EQUATION; MCCUTCHEN AND MONTANILE AND THEIR EFFECT
ON EQUITABLE REMEDIES; WHAT NOW CONSTITUTES THE “PLAN”
FOR REMEDY PURPOSES, AND MORE
• EMERGING TRENDS IN ERISA CLASS ACTIONS, INCLUDING
SUPREME COURT DEVELOPMENTS
• FIDUCIARY INVESTMENT LITIGATION: LATEST ON EMPLOYER
STOCK, DUDENHOEFFER, 401(K) FEE CASES INCLUDING CLAIMS
TO REDUCE FEES AND EXCESSIVE PLAN FEES
• MEDICAL PROVIDER LITIGATION: STANDING BY HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS TO SUE, PATIENT ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS AND MORE
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3. • THE INTERSECTION OF AFFORDABLE CARE ACT RIGHTS AND
ERISA: EXTERNAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS; DISCRIMINATION,
RETALIATION AND WHISTLEBLOWING; BENEFIT MANDATES, AND
BEYOND
• FEE SHIFTING AND THE PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY’S FEES
• CHURCH PLAN LITIGATION AND THE KAPLAN DECISION
• THE BATTLE OVER DISCRETIONARY CLAUSES: AN UPDATE ON
STATE DISCRETIONARY BANS, THE LATEST CASE LAW
DEVELOPMENTS STEMMING FROM THESE BANS, AND EXAMINING
THE ULTIMATE IMPACT OF A DISCRETIONARY CLAUSE/BAN ON A
CASE
• DISCOVERY ISSUES IN BENEFIT CLAIM ACTIONS: CONFLICT OF
INTEREST DISCOVERY, REQUESTS FOR EVIDENCE OUTSIDE OF
THE RECORD IN CONFLICTS SITUATIONS, THE SCOPE OF
THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD, AND E­DISCOVERY &
PROPORTIONALITY
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