Program Co-chairs: Robert F. Carter, Esq., & Nathan Shafner, Esq.

Faculty: Robert F. Carter, Esq., Kevin W. Coombes, Esq., Frank Costello, Esq., Nathan J. Shafner, Esq., Sandra Mackler

The Settlement Minefield

• Third-party Offsets and Intervention Issues
• Medicare Set Aside Issues
• State Liens
• Offsets with Retirements & MERF

Checklist of other Settlement Pitfalls

Other Liens for Pre-settlement Payment for Welfare, Medicaid, Child Support and Incarceration:

• ERISA health plans
• Non-ERISA group health insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability
• Unemployment benefits
• Medicare conditional payments
• Alimony/divorce

Effect of Settlement on Future Benefits, Including:

• Social Security
• Group health insurance (group health contracts and litigation experience in other jurisdictions)
• Long-term Disability Contractual Provisions and Negotiations
• Private Disability Retirements and Regular Retirements