Washington, D.C., April 2, 2025 – On Monday, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee granted a motion for summary judgment in McKee Foods Corporation v. BFP, Inc. The court agreed with McKee Foods that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act preempts key provisions of Tennessee’s law requiring that employers include “any willing pharmacy” in the networks maintained by the pharmacy benefit plans employers sponsor for workers and their families.
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ERIC and Employer Coalition Urges Court to Safeguard Integrity of ERISA
Washington, D.C., February 27, 2025 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and coalition allies yesterday filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to uphold a previous decision issued by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee in Robert Watt, et al v. FedEx Corporation, et al (Watt).
ERISA Industry Committee Urges Court to Dismiss Case that Paves a Pathway to Frivolous Litigation
Washington, D.C., February 27, 2025 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) yesterday filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of New York supporting Defendant’s motion to dismiss in Bueno v. General Electric (Bueno).
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 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.
ERIC Legal Center Files Amicus Briefs in Two Key Cases Affecting How Large Employers Operate Employee Benefit Plans
Washington, D.C., November 19, 2024 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) recently filed amicus briefs in two separate cases affecting large employers. The first case represents a challenge to the practice of “pension risk transfer.” This is a growing area of class action litigation where the trial bar attacks routine transactions that are part of plan administration for pension plans governed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
ERIC, Coalition Allies File Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Supporting Review of Claims Case Threatening to Explode Frivolous Litigation
Washington, D.C., May 9, 2024 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and a coalition of employee benefit industry groups today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Bugielski et al v. AT&T.