Labor Secretary Weighs In On Right To Pursue Planwide Relief Under ERISA

Mealey's (June 15, 2022, 12:59 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Arguing in a June 10 amicus curiae brief that the appellee’s “right to pursue plan-wide relief may not be prospectively waived,” the U.S. secretary of Labor urges the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to uphold denial of a motion for individual arbitration in a retirement plan participant’s putative class suit that alleges violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act....