9th Circuit Orders More Briefing In ERISA Tobacco Surcharge Arbitration Dispute

(September 23, 2024, 7:54 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Following oral argument in which the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) participated as amicus curiae supporting application of the effective vindication doctrine in a putative class case, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ordered supplemental briefing in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act case over a tobacco surcharge....