The ERISA Industry Committee, Petitioner v. City of Seattle, Washington

  1. November 21, 2022

    High Court Turns Away Challenge To Seattle Benefits Mandate

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an employer group's challenge to a Seattle city ordinance that requires businesses to give hotel workers health benefits or money to pay for them, leaving intact lower court rulings that the mandate wasn't preempted by federal benefits law.

  2. November 03, 2022

    Employer Group Urges Justices To Hear Seattle Benefits Row

    An employer group told the U.S. Supreme Court that the federal government was wrong to argue that a Seattle benefits mandate for hotel workers doesn't conflict with federal law, warning that the local ordinance could begin to unravel national benefits protections set up by Congress.

  3. October 20, 2022

    Feds Say Seattle Benefits Rule Not Trumped By ERISA

    The nation's highest court should reject an employer group's bid for review of its case challenging a Seattle health insurance mandate for hotel workers because the policy doesn't conflict with federal benefits law, the U.S. Solicitor General told the justices.

  4. June 28, 2022

    Benefits Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2022

    In the second half of the year, benefits attorneys will be keeping a close eye not only on legal battles hinging on familiar themes such as class certification and preemption, but also cases dealing with emerging issues such as cybersecurity and cryptocurrency.

  5. May 31, 2022

    Justices Want Feds' Input On Hotel Worker Benefits Mandate

    The U.S. Supreme Court asked for the federal government's take Tuesday on whether the justices should hear an employer group's push to revive its challenge to a Seattle health insurance mandate for hotel workers. 

  6. April 26, 2022

    Seattle Asks Supreme Court To Maintain City Benefits Law

    The city of Seattle urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear an employee benefits industry group's challenge to a city health insurance mandate for hotel employees, arguing the Ninth Circuit properly ruled that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act did not preempt the ordinance.

  7. February 14, 2022

    Hotel Group Urges High Court To Kill Seattle Benefits Law

    A lobbying group urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the ERISA Industry Committee's push to revive its challenge to a Seattle health insurance mandate for hotel workers, arguing the Ninth Circuit erred in concluding the Employee Retirement Income Security Act didn't trump the city ordinance.