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The Ninth Circuit Abandons 35 Years of Precedent by Enforcing Arbitration Clause in ERISA Benefit Plan

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Thirty-five years after deciding that arbitration clauses in employee benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) were unenforceable, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed itself by...
By: Perkins Coie
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-ninth-circuit-abandons-35-years-of-28232/

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