Mealey's (September 9, 2020, 7:28 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — An ERISA-focused lobbying group on Aug. 27 argued in an appellant brief to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that a Washington federal court erred in ruling that a Seattle city ordinance that requires large hotels to spend certain amounts on health coverage for their employees does not trigger preemption by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (The ERISA Industry Committee v. Seattle, No. 20-35472, 9th Cir.)....