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9th Circuit Rules ERISA Case Can Be Arbitrated, Reversing Decades-Old Precedent

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled last week that an ERISA benefits class action can be arbitrated.  The decision struck down a 35-year old circuit precedent that the court found no longer operable because of intervening Supreme Court...
By: Weiner Brodsky Kider PC
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/9th-circuit-rules-erisa-case-can-be-52567/

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