Supreme Court Docket Report - June 29, 2015

Today, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in one case of interest to the business community:

ERISA—Preemption of State Health-Care Reporting Requirements

ERISA establishes uniform national standards and obligations for the fiduciaries of employee benefit plans. With certain exceptions, it preempts "any and all State laws insofar as they . . . relate to any employee benefit plan" covered by the statute. 29 U.S.C. § 1144(a). Various provisions of ERISA impose mandatory reporting requirements on covered plans.

Like many states, Vermont maintains a health-care information database designed to assist the government in identifying health-care needs, comparing costs between various treatment approaches, and providing information to consumers of health care. Vermont requires "health insurers" and other entities to file, with a state agency, reports containing claims data and "other information relating to health care." Vt. Stat. Ann., tit. 18, § 9410(c)‑(d). Vermont