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ERIC v City of Seattle Reply Brief Filed with U.S. Supreme Court Supporting Cert Petition

ERIC filed our reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court today in support of our legal challenge to the City of Seattle’s onerous hotel health care ordinance – Municipal Code (SMC) 14.28 – on ERISA preemption grounds. The filing also serves to rebut arguments made in Seattle’s recent opposition brief, which attempts to portray the costly City health care ordinance as a one-off wage law without broader legal implications.

The ERISA Industry Committee Files Amicus Brief Rebutting US Department of Labor’s Attempt to Create a New Regulatory Framework via Litigation, not Rulemaking Process

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) today filed an amicus brief in the Tenth Circuit case of D.K. v. United Behavioral Health, solely to rebut the position of the U.S. Department of Labor in its recent amicus brief that presents a new regulatory framework without using the federally required notice and comment rulemaking process. ERIC does …

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