Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Solicitor General’s Views Requested on Two ERISA Cert

On Monday, March 8, 2010, the Supreme Court requested the views of the Solicitor General on two cert petitions in Amara v. Cigna Corp., No. 09-804, the petitions raising questions regarding remedies under ERISA for alleged misleading or inadequate disclosures regarding pension plan changes. Both parties petitioned for cert. from the lower court’s opinion of the 2nd Circuit, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 21941 (2009). SCOTUSblog has a detailed description of this case.

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