U.S. High Court Won’t Review Forum Selection Clauses In ERISA Plans

Mealey's (October 8, 2019, 8:59 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 7 declined to grant petition for a writ of certiorari filed by an Employee Retirement Income Security Act plan participant seeking a decision on whether private employee benefit plans can override the statutory venue choices provide by Congress (Jeffrey A. Robertson v. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, et al., No. 18-1341, U.S. Sup.)....