Mealey's (November 30, 2018, 11:43 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should grant a petition for an en banc rehearing of a Nov. 13 decision affirming the dismissal of a class complaint against retirement plan defendants accused of violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by acting disloyally and imprudently in the management of the an employee investment plan because the panel imposed strict pleading standards that conflict with other Ninth Circuit decisions, the appellants maintain in a Nov. 27 petition for rehearing (Charles E. White, Jr., et al. v. Chevron Corporation, et al., No. 17-16208, 9th Cir.)....