ERIC filed an amicus curiae brief urging the Court to reverse an appeals court ruling overriding the terms of a benefit plan in addressing appropriate equitable relief under ERISA.
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ERIC Urges Appeals Court to Uphold District Court Ruling on Judicial Deference Under ERISA Plan
ERIC filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals urging it to uphold a district court ruling providing judicial deference to a plan administrator in interpreting the plan under ERISA.
ERIC Urges Appeals Court to Uphold Ruling that Supplemental Unemployment Benefits Not Subject to FICA
ERIC filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit an amicus brief urging the court to affirm an earlier district court ruling that payments constituting supplemental unemployment compensation benefits under Internal Revenue Code are exempt from FICA taxes.
U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Xerox on Deferential Standard of Review
The United States Supreme Court earlier today (April 21) in Conkright v. Frommert reversed a Second Circuit Court of appeals decision and upheld the plan administrator’s deferential standard of review of provisions of a plan. The issue, and the case, is of major importance to major employers. In its 5-3 opinion (Justice Sotomayor did not participate) by …
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