High Court Will Not Consider Waiver Of Defenses To Withdrawal Liability

Mealey's (October 21, 2019, 2:10 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court denied review on Oct. 21 of a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that a construction company and its related entities’ failure to respond to a pension fund’s notice of withdrawal liability resulted in a waiver of all defenses to the liability going forward (The E Company, et al. v. Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois Pension Fund, No. 19-170, U.S. Sup.)....