Amicus Bid In 11th Circuit ERISA Effective Vindication Case Draws Opposition

( October 17, 2024, 10:55 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — An advocacy organization’s request for permission to file an amicus curiae brief in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act putative class action where the lower court applied the effective vindication doctrine has drawn opposition, with the appellants telling the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that the proposal doesn’t add “to the arguments already before this Court” and “is tainted by the financial interests of counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees.”...