District Court Properly Applied Arbitrary, Capricious Standard Of Review

(September 7, 2021, 10:33 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 12 affirmed a district court’s ruling in favor of a disability insurer after determining that the lower court properly applied an arbitrary and capricious standard of review because California’s law banning the inclusion of discretionary authority provisions does not apply as the claimant is a resident of New York and not California....