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).
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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).
The ERISA Industry Committee Applauds Change to Oregon Paid Family and Medical Leave Program Regulations
Washington, D.C., December 11, 2024 – The ERISA Industry Committee (“ERIC”) last week submitted public comments on regulatory changes outlined in “Paid Leave Oregon – Batch 12 – Amending and Adopting Paid Leave Benefits, Confidentiality, and Self-Employed Rules” (“Proposed Rules”).
ERIC’s James Gelfand Named as a 2024 Top Lobbyist by The Hill
Washington, D.C., December 10, 2024 –The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) today announced that its President and CEO James Gelfand has been named one of The Hill’s Top Lobbyists, in the association category. The Hill, a daily online and published source of national political news and information, announced its honorees in early December.
The ERISA Industry Committee Urges Delaware to Rework Paid Family and Medical Leave Program Regulations
Washington, D.C., December 2, 2024 – The ERISA Industry Committee (“ERIC”) today submitted public comments on proposed regulations contained in “1401 Rules Defining and Regulating the Healthy Delaware Families Act, Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program and the Division of Paid Leave” (“Proposed Rules”). The rules, issued by the Delaware Department of Labor Division of Paid Leave (“Division”), focus on the implementation and administration of the Delaware Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (“PFML Program”).
The ERISA Industry Committee Urges Maryland to Revise Paid Family and Medical Leave Program Regulations
Washington, D.C., November 21, 2024 – The ERISA Industry Committee (“ERIC”) this week submitted public comments on proposed regulations contained in “COMAR 09.42.01-09.42.04” (“Proposed Rules”) issued by the Maryland Department of Labor Family and Medical Leave Insurance Division (“Division”).