ERIC Confident Court Will Reject Seattle Employer Health Care Mandate

ERIC remains confident in our lawsuit against the City of Seattle and believes that the court will reject the City’s latest filing to dismiss the lawsuit. In January, ERIC filed an amended complaint challenging Seattle’s Municipal Code (SMC) 14.28, on the grounds that ERISA preempts the new law.

ERIC Files Amicus Brief in Thole v. U.S. Bank

ERIC has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in James J. Thole v. U.S. Bank N.A., asking the Court to uphold the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit’s decision that the plaintiffs did not have the legal right to sue and the statute of limitations had run out on the ERISA claims.