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Ex-NFL Player Sues Disability Benefits Plan Over Denial
By Kia Fatahi
A former National Football League player who reportedly suffered brain injuries from nearly two decades of playing the sport hit the league's disability benefit plan with a lawsuit Tuesday, telling a Maryland federal judge that the plan wrongfully denied his application for total and permanent disability benefits despite his own doctor's diagnosis.
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Black & Decker Retiree Seeks Cert. In BlackRock ERISA Suit
By Gina Kim
A former Black & Decker employee who alleged the company failed to trim underperforming BlackRock investment funds from its 24,000-member retirement plan urged a Connecticut federal judge to grant class certification, arguing Monday common questions predominate over individualized issues, since the core allegations involve the defendant's administration of the plan.
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RISING STARS
Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Monica Perkowski
By Kellie Mejdrich
Monica Perkowski of Holland & Knight LLP has excelled in defending large employers against federal benefits lawsuits, including helping secure dismissal of an employee health plan suit against GardaWorld Cash Service Inc., earning her a spot among the top benefits attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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LEGAL INDUSTRY
Ex-US Attys Protest Trump's Swift Firing Of Rogoff In Seattle
By Rachel Riley
Thirty former U.S. attorneys backed Roger Rogoff's bid for reinstatement as Seattle's top federal prosecutor after President Donald Trump fired him on the heels of his court-ordered appointment, arguing Tuesday that Trump is trying to "sidestep the Senate's advice-and-consent role and sideline the judiciary" by letting unappointed individuals play such roles.
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Sinema Says Brief Signal Chat Can't Anchor NC Affair Suit
By Hayley Fowler
A single exchange on the encrypted messaging app Signal became the focal point of former Arizona U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's testimony on Wednesday as she sought to convince a North Carolina federal judge that she cannot be hauled into court in the Tar Heel state over an affair — which she declined to characterize as a "passionate" romance — she had with her married security guard.
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