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Anne Wallace
Anne Wallace is a New York lawyer, currently living in the metropolitan Washington, DC area. She writes on legal and business issues and teaches at the college and professional level. Anne graduated from Fordham Law School and Wellesley College.
- LTD Claimants Win Big as Ninth Circuit Trims “Abuse of Discretion” Standard (Jan-11-19)
- Unum Disability Insurance Claimant Wins Reinstatement of LTD Benefits (Jan-8-19)
- Hewlett-Packard Enterprises Named in Gender Pay Discrimination Lawsuit (Jan-7-19)
- Trustmark National Bank Latest Defendant in Excessive Overdraft Fees Lawsuit (Dec-21-18)
- Jury Awards $25.6 Million in Bad Faith Insurance Lawsuit (Dec-17-18)
- “Face of Channel 4 News” Fired -- Too Old to be Female on TV (Dec-13-18)
- SEI Investments Company Accused of Self-Dealing in 401(k) Mismanagement Lawsuit (Dec-12-18)
- California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit Goes to Jail (Dec-7-18)
- California Independent Contractor Rules Collapse in Confusion (Nov-24-18)
- Excessive Overdraft Fees Lawsuit against DFCU Survives Motion to Dismiss (Nov-23-18)
- Tennessee Drywall Workers Win Unpaid Overtime in DOL Settlement (Nov-21-18)
- Hacks, Embezzlements, and 401(k) Mismanagement – What You Can Do to Protect Your Retirement Nest Egg (Nov-17-18)
- Fibromyalgia Sufferer Brings LTD Lawsuit against Life Insurance Co. of North America (Nov-16-18)
- Sephora Accused of Shorting Workers for Time to Don Makeup (Nov-5-18)
- Is a Health Plan Liable for the Negligence of an Unqualified Claims Reviewer? (Oct-23-18)
- Google Employee Tagged as “Too Old” May Yet Have the Last Word (Oct-23-18)
- Judge Upends $289 Million Monsanto Roundup Cancer Award (Oct-19-18)
- Fidelity Faces Self-Dealing Lawsuit over 401(k) Plan Mismanagement (Oct-18-18)
- 401(k) Lawsuit Continues against Franklin Templeton (Oct-15-18)
- UNUM LTD Claimants Must Beware of Exhaustion of Remedies Roadblock (Oct-15-18)
- Los Angeles Sweatshops Cited for Wage and Hour Violations (Oct-14-18)
- Digital Federal Credit Union Snared in Excessive Overdraft Fees Lawsuit (Oct-3-18)
- Trunk Club Settles California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit for $1.75 Million (Sep-21-18)
- Amputees Fighting for Insurance Coverage Get Tips from Blue Cross Antitrust Lawsuit (Sep-20-18)
- Exotic Dancers Bring California Labor Lawsuit to Recover Back Wages (Sep-18-18)
- Valsartan Recall Lawsuits Filed over Alleged Carcinogenic Contaminants (Sep-17-18)
- Wheeler v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Seeks LTD Benefits for Injured Seaman (Sep-14-18)
- New California Class Action Lawsuit Targets Deceptive Bank Fees (Sep-11-18)
- California Court Saves Class Action Wage Claims from Forced Arbitration (Sep-7-18)
- Amputees’ Fight for Insurance Coverage Focuses on ‘Medical Necessity’ of Microprocessor Prosthetics (Sep-4-18)
- CFPB Moves to Protect Students from Overdraft Fees (Aug-28-18)
- Lawsuits Brewing over Insurance Denials for “Smart” Prostheses (Aug-21-18)
- Ninth Circuit Says Pension Plan Participants Cannot be Forced to Arbitrate (Aug-9-18)
- Anthem Denials of Emergency Room CT Scans and MRIs; Patients Sent to Clinics (Aug-6-18)
- California Supreme Court Says Employers Must Pay for De Minimis Off-the-Clock Work (Aug-3-18)
- Sen. McCaskill Probes Anthem Emergency Room Coverage Denials (Jul-28-18)
- Summary Judgment for Lincoln National in Barber v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (Jul-25-18)
- Anthem Refuses to Cover Emergency Room Care After the Fact (Jul-18-18)
- Surveillance Sinks Liberty Mutual Long Term Denied Disability Lawsuits (Jul-12-18)
- Supreme Court Restricts Class Action Availability for Wage Theft Violations (Jul-10-18)
- Aon Hewitt Named (again) in Double-Dealing Retirement Plan Lawsuit (Jul-9-18)
- MetLife Refuses to Disclose Background Claim Processing Principles (Jun-28-18)
- Why You Need an Estate Plan (Jun-21-18)
- Credit Union Lawsuit Cites Excessive Overdraft Fees (Jun-20-18)
- Invesco Accused of Treating ERISA Plan Participants as Captive Investors (Jun-13-18)
- Ninth Circuit Champions Wrongly Denied Disability Claimant (Jun-8-18)
- Death by Delay – CFPB Defers Credit Union Overdraft Regulations into Indefinite Future (May-22-18)
- Home Depot Employees File ERISA Class Action Lawsuit over 401(k) Mismanagement (May-9-18)
- Class Action Status Critical to California Donning and Doffing Wage Lawsuit (May-8-18)
- Fibromyalgia sufferer wins denied disability claim lawsuit against Hartford (May-4-18)