Government Opposes Certiorari Bid In ERISA Preemption Row Over Seattle Ordinance

Mealey's (October 21, 2022, 9:58 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Urging the U.S. Supreme Court to deny review of a ruling that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act does not preempt a Seattle ordinance requiring large hotels to spend certain amounts on health coverage for their employees, the United States in an amicus curiae brief likened the ordinance to wage laws and distinguished it from those considered in decisions that the petitioner argued constitute circuit conflict....