9th Circuit Denies Rehearing After Striking Down Amaro In Pension Plan Dispute

Mealey's (November 11, 2019, 11:04 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Nov. 7 denied a petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc, leaving in place an Aug. 20 decision in which it found that its 1984 ruling in Amaro v. Continental Can Co., which held that claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act were not arbitrable, “is no longer good law” and then issued a memorandum disposition compelling arbitration in the dispute (Michael Dorman, et al. v. Charles Schwab Corp., et al., No. 18-15281, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 33375)....