On September 19, 2023, WLF urged the California Court of Appeal to affirm a trial-court’s holding that a plan administrator’s state-law subrogation suit is preempted under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). In its amicus brief urging affirmance, WLF emphasized that reversing the trail court’s preemption ruling would upend settled preemption principles and undermine Congress’s strong interest in uniformity for employee-benefit plans. WLF’s brief also argued that an ERISA plan—even one with a subrogation clause—cannot function as a de facto class action. WLF’s brief was filed with the pro bono assistance of Andrew D. Silverman of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
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