California Hotels and Lodging Association v. The City of Oakland

  1. November 27, 2019

    3 Noteworthy ERISA Preemption Battles From 2019

    Some states have responded to rising health care costs and dwindling retirement savings by passing legislation, triggering challenges from business groups and others who say those statutes are trumped by federal benefits law. Here, Law360 looks back at three ERISA preemption disputes from 2019 that attorneys should have on their radar.

  2. June 27, 2019

    Oakland Escapes Bid To Ax Hotel Worker Wage Law

    A California federal judge has approved Oakland's bid to toss a suit brought by a trade group to stop the city's enforcement of new wage-and-benefit and room-cleaning requirements in hotels, finding that neither federal nor state standards preempt the new laws.