County Plan Is Preempted Under ERISA Governmental Plan Exemption, Judge Says

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A California federal judge on Aug. 9 determined that the governmental plan exemption to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act applies to preempt a county disability plan from ERISA because the county "maintained" the long-term disability plan (Roxy Hariri v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., No. 15-3054, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 126491).
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