Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assoc. et al v. CA Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program
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April 02, 2020
Anti-Tax Group Turns To 9th Circ. In CalSavers ERISA Fight
A tax cut advocacy group that says the CalSavers Retirement Savings Program is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act is challenging a district court's decision that axed its legal challenge to California's auto-IRA program.
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March 10, 2020
Calif. Beats ERISA Challenge To State Retirement Program
The California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program survived a legal challenge Tuesday, with a federal judge ruling that it is not preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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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.
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October 16, 2019
CalSavers Isn't Trumped By ERISA, Calif. Says
California has defended its auto-IRA program against the federal government's argument that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act preempts the state law that created the program, arguing in federal court the program hasn't established a plan that would fall under the scope of the benefits law.
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September 16, 2019
CalSavers Is Invalid Under ERISA, Feds Contend
The federal government threw its weight behind a tax cut advocacy group's lawsuit looking to invalidate a California program that funnels a portion of workers' pay into an individual retirement account, saying the Employee Retirement Income Security Act preempts the state law that created the CalSavers program.
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August 05, 2019
Feds May Wade Into CalSavers ERISA Preemption Fight
The federal government has told a California federal court it may weigh in on whether a state-sponsored retirement savings program that funnels a portion of workers' paychecks into individual retirement accounts is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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July 19, 2019
Anti-Tax Group Defends Challenge To Calif. Auto-IRA Program
An anti-tax group urged a California federal judge not to toss its challenge to a state program that automatically funnels a portion of private sector workers' earnings into individual retirement accounts unless they opt out, arguing the program is preempted by federal benefits law.
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March 29, 2019
ERISA Doesn't Trump CalSavers Retirement Plan, Judge Says
A California federal judge took a step toward ending an anti-tax group's challenge to the state-run CalSavers Retirement Savings Program, finding the program isn't preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act but giving the group one last shot to bring the case again.
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August 31, 2018
Anti-Tax Group Fights Calif.'s Auto-IRA In ERISA Row
An anti-tax group challenging California's auto-IRA program, which funnels a portion of private-sector workers' paychecks into individual retirement accounts unless they opt out, asked a California federal court on Thursday to keep its suit alive, arguing that the program will harm employees' retirement savings.
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July 26, 2018
Calif. Retirement Savings Plan Fights Suit Over Right To Exist
California's auto-IRA program, which funnels a portion of private-sector workers' paychecks into individual retirement accounts unless they opt out, asked a federal judge Wednesday to nix a lawsuit alleging the program cannot exist because states cannot pass laws related to employee benefit plans, arguing that it's not actually a benefit plan.