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Taxpayers Association Seeks Supreme Court Review of ERISA Pre-emption Case
The plaintiffs in the case believe California should not be permitted to operate the CalSavers Retirement Savings Program on the grounds that its establishment violates federal ERISA pre-emption rules—claims rejected by both a district and an appellate court.
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ERISA Suit Against CalSavers Dismissed Again
This comes after the case was dismissed by a district court last year and after the DOL backed out in its support of the suit.
Court Finds ERISA Does Not Preempt Illinois Slayer Statute
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals quoted a Supreme Court decision which said “the principle underlying the statutes—which have been adopted by nearly every State—is well established in the law and has a long historical pedigree predating ERISA.”