Key legal question
Whether the fund's later decision of 25 November 2010 rendered the pending cantonal appeal moot under Article 53(3) LPGA.
Extracted holding
No. The later decision was issued after the reply deadline and was therefore void; it could not deprive the cantonal appeal of its object.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 53(3) LPGA, reconsideration is possible only before the response is sent. A decision rendered after expiry of the response deadline is null and has only the value of a proposal to the court.