If you are a union employee, you probably have a pension plan that has promised to pay a monthly annuity for your life once you reach retirement age. What happens if the plan cannot pay your benefit when the time comes? Well, there’s insurance for that. Pension plan sponsors are required to pay premiums for […]
Mental illness is not, in any way, shape, or form, a choice.It has, however, always been my opinion that it bestows upon the sufferer two choices: to be felled at the knees or to become resilient enough to withstand the storm. Beyond all reasonable expectation and explanation, I chose resilience. My name is Sascha, and this […]
On April 8, 2020, Kantor & Kantor Partner Elizabeth Hopkins and Karen L. Handorf of Cohen Milstein, filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Supreme Court for Phyllis Borzi and Dan Maguire, two former, high-ranking Department of Labor officials.The brief supports a number of States that successfully challenged a newly-enacted federal regulation, which runs contrary to […]
Kantor & Kantor, LLP, one of the most experienced law firms in the nation dealing with litigating insurance claims against insurance companies, is proud that once again five Partners have been selected to the 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list. Co-Founders Lisa Kantor and Glenn Kantor are joined by Senior Partners Alan Kassan and Corinne […]
Getting breast implants can change a person’s life for the better.But in recent years, women have suspected that their breast implants have made them very ill with diseases such as:rheumatoid arthritissclerodermaSjögren’s syndromeAccording to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the Plastic Surgeon Foundation, approximately 10 million to 11 million women in the world have […]
Your claim for pension benefits has been approved! A check came in the mail from your pension plan. You open it, look at the amount of your monthly benefit, and wonder how the dollar amount was calculated. You shrug and deposit the check, assuming the pension plan has correctly calculated what you are entitled to […]
We Have Achieved Tier 1 Ranking in Insurance LawAt Kantor & Kantor, LLP, we are proud to announce that we have recently been named in the latest edition of “Best Law Firms,” a publication of Best Lawyers® and U.S. News & World Report. We were regionally ranked in Tier 1 in insurance law, compared with […]
On Monday, November 27, 2017, a Capital Public Radio broadcast reported that insurance denials in California have risen dramatically. The CapRadio story revealed an extreme increase in the number of Californian’s who have had to fight back against insurance denials in recent years, “…the California Department of Managed Health Care found that the number of […]
Last Spring, the UK Fashion Retailer New Look was blasted for promoting dieting messages to some of its youngest shoppers. The shop offered a set of pajamas with a pizza slice pattern and the words “cheat day” emblazoned across the chest. This culturally driven, heavily loaded piece of clothing was found in the children’s section, […]
A recent article (featured in Jezebel) brings light to a fresh and trendy shift in marketing for the long-time dieting corporation of Weight Watchers. Most of us recognize Weight Watchers as one long string of attempts to convince women that they will be happier, more successful, and well liked when they become a thinner version […]
