Washington, D.C., February 20, 2025 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) has asked for a stay of enforcement of the September 2024 Final Rule under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (the Final Rule) while ERIC’s lawsuit challenging the validity of the Final Rule is pending.
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ERIC Shares Employer Priorities with Congressional Lawmakers
Washington, D.C., February 11, 2025 –Today, The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) sent a letter to Congressional leaders outlining the organization’s position on key policy issues affecting large employer member companies that voluntarily provide health, retirement, and other benefits to workers and families across the country.
ERIC and Employer Coalition Urge Court to Uphold Decision Preserving Integrity of ERISA
Washington, D.C., February 4, 2025 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and a coalition of employee benefit industry groups urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to uphold a previous decision issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in William Drummond v. Southern Company Services (Drummond).
ERIC Files Amicus Brief to Preserve Treatment of Bonus Compensation Programs
Washington, D.C., January 30, 2025 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and coalition allies (the amici) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the court) to vacate the judgement in Shafer v. Morgan Stanley (Shafer).
ERIC and Coalition Allies Submit Amicus Brief Urging Review of Pension Risk Transfer Case That Threatens a Surge in Frivolous Litigation
Washington, D.C., January 24, 2025 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and coalition allies (the amici) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York (the court) to dismiss Doherty v. Bristol-Myers Squibb (Doherty).
ERIC Sues to Stop Recent Biden Administration Mental Health Regulations, Saying New Regulations Overstep Existing Mental Health Parity Law
Washington, D.C., January 17, 2025 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) today filed a Complaint against the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (the Tri-Departments), seeking to invalidate the Final Rule issued by the Tri-Departments under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA). The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Final Rule was issued in the twilight of the Biden Administration in September of 2024. Former Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia and his colleagues at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP represent ERIC in this matter and prepared the Complaint, which is available here.
ERIC Files Amicus Brief to Halt Tennessee Law that Illegally Interferes with Employer-Sponsored Health Benefit Plans
Washington, D.C., January 13, 2025 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) filed an amicus brief last week urging the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee to grant a motion for summary judgment in McKee Foods Corporation v. BFP, Inc. In its brief, ERIC asked the court to affirm that Tennessee’s “any willing pharmacy” law is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
ERIC and Employer Coalition Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Clarify Pleading Standards, Warning of Surge in Frivolous Litigation
Washington, D.C., January 7, 2025 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and a coalition of employee benefit industry groups on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court (the Court) to uphold a previous decision issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Cunningham v. Cornell University.
The ERISA Industry Committee Urges Maryland to Exclude ERISA Plans from New Claims Data Reporting Requirements
Washington, D.C., January 3, 2025 – The ERISA Industry Committee (“ERIC”) yesterday submitted public comments on proposed regulations contained in “COMAR 10.25.07, Certification of Electronic Health Networks and Medical Care Electronic Claims Clearinghouses” (“Proposed Rules”) issued by the Maryland Health Care Commission (“Commission”).
ERIC Sues Minnesota Over Law that Illegally Interferes with Employer-Sponsored Health Benefit Plans
Washington, D.C., December 27, 2024 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) today filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota (the court) against Minnesota’s Department of Commerce (MN-DOC) stemming from the Minnesota Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act (the Minnesota Act).