As the New York Disability Law Blog has done since its inception, today we pay respects, on the seventh anniversary of 9/11, to the families of all those killed or injured in this devasta... Continue Reading
Eliminating the backlog of Social Security Disability claims is a moral imperative, according to a recent report issued by SSA Commissioner Michael J. Astrue to Social Security lawyers throughout t... Continue Reading
The decision all ERISA long term disability attorneys around the country have been waiting for, Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Glenn, 554 U.S. ____ (2008) , finally came dow... Continue Reading
I’m off to Boston this week to attend the premier LTD Litigation conference in the country. See the conference schedule here for some of the cutting edge ERISA and medical&nbs... Continue Reading
There are literally thousands of former Nassau County workers who are currently receiving lifetime workers’ compensation payments (pensions) for life due to on- the- job injuries. I know ... Continue Reading
The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) is right around the corner from our Wall Street office. Last July, a very successful Commodity Broker called our office for legal repr... Continue Reading
Last night the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric unveiled the first of two special reports on the Social Security Disability claim backlog. My friend and fellow Social Security Disabili... Continue Reading
Happy New Year to all the readers of the New York Disability Law Blog! Over the course of 2007, we are pleased to report that our firm has once again helped thousands of injured and disabled ... Continue Reading
"This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy…" – Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (1843). At t... Continue Reading