9th Circuit Sets Argument In Withdrawal Liability Row Over Discount Agreement

( April 4, 2025, 8:09 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has scheduled May 20 oral argument in an appeal concerning an agreement to pay greatly reduced withdrawal liability to a multiemployer pension fund; the appellant, which signed the agreement before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, seeks a ruling that would let it assign the agreement to its acquirer....