Oral Argument Including DOL Set In 9th Circuit ERISA Tobacco Surcharge Case

(August 30, 2024, 12:40 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — With oral argument set for Sept. 12 in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals case involving the effective vindication doctrine, a health plan participant who filed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act case over a tobacco surcharge has filed a notice of supplemental authorities including a recent Sixth Circuit ruling....