1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 In the second episode, Bentley Tolk of Parr Brown Gee &amp;amp; Loveless interviews Michael J. Salmanson of Salmanson Goldshaw, PC about some recent cases involving ERISA preemption:&amp;nbsp;Golden Gate Restaurant Ass&amp;rsquo;n v. City and County of San Francisco, 546 F.3d 639 (9th Cir. 2008);&amp;nbsp;Golden Gate Restaurant Ass&amp;rsquo;n v. City and County of San Francisco, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 5191 (9th Cir. Mar. 9, 2009); and&amp;nbsp;American Council of Life Insurers v. Ross, No. 08-1406 (6th Cir. Mar. 18, 2009).&amp;nbsp; Those cases have important implications for ERISA litigation defense - both in the Ninth and Sixth Circuits, and in Utah and elsewhere. The second portion of the episode addresses how the lower courts have responded to the Supreme Court&amp;rsquo;s decision in&amp;nbsp;Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Glenn, 128 S. Ct. 2343 (2008).&amp;nbsp; Specifically, the episode explores the following cases on this topic:&amp;nbsp;Doyle v. Liberty Life Assur. Co. of Boston, 542 F.3d 1352 (11th Cir. 2008); andMcCauley v. First Unum Life Insur. Co., 551 F.3d 126 (2d Cir. 2008). The Erisa Litigation Podcasts http://www.parrbrown.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3181698/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/7880815