Roboostoff & Kalkin - A Professional Law Corporation

02/20/2024

Roboostoff & Kalkin is pleased to announce that Scott Kalkin has once again been named one of Northern California’s “Super Lawyers” for 2024. This is the sixteenth consecutive year that Scott has been nominated by his peers to receive this designation in the practice area of ERISA and employee benefits litigation. See, superlawyers.com.

01/26/2023

Roboostoff & Kalkin is pleased to announce that Scott Kalkin has once again been named one of Northern California’s “Super Lawyers” for 2023. This is the fifteenth consecutive year that Scott has been nominated by his peers to receive this designation in the practice area of employee benefits litigation.

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04/02/2019

Roboostoff & Kalkin is pleased to announce that Scott Kalkin has been named one of Northern California’s “Super Lawyers” for 2021. This is the thirteenth consecutive year Scott has been nominated by his peers to receive this designation in the practice area of employee benefits litigation.

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12/12/2018

Insurance companies may not always have the best interests of the people they insure in mind.

What people seeking disability should know.

11/28/2018

Court says LTD insurer reliance on surveillance video reasonable

At our law firm, we help people in their claims for short- and long-term disability insurance benefits based on a variety of ... Long-Term Disability Insurance

11/20/2018

Judge orders disability insurer to trial on bad faith claim

We often write about denied or terminated disability insurance claims that claimants appeal to court under the federal law ... LTD Claim Denials

11/17/2018

Part 2: Dr. McCann's occupation under his LTD policy

In Part 1 of this post, we told readers about a recent Third Circuit Court of Appeals case called McCann v. Unum Provident in ... LTD Claim Denials

11/16/2018

Part 1: McCann v. Unum Provident and the ERISA issue

A preliminary issue in every federal court appeal in a denied or terminated claim for benefits under a short- or long-term ... LTD Claim Denials

11/15/2018

Award-winning documentary “Unrest” about chronic fatigue syndrome

This summer, we published a post about important new research on chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating illness ... Long-Term Disability Insurance

11/14/2018

Cherry-picking evidence and how it hurts disability claimants

Disability insurers all too often engage in a behavior known in the industry and among claimants’ advocates as ... LTD Claim Denials

11/06/2018

Long-term insurance claimants aren't aware that insurance companies have hidden incentives to deny claims.

Whose side are insurers on?

11/06/2018

The conflict of interest of a long-term disability insurer

We have talked here before about the inherent conflict of interest that a long-term disability insurance company has when it ...