SG Urges High Court To Nix RJ Reynolds ERISA Appeal

By Kelly Knaub (May 29, 2015, 7:19 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Solicitor General has urged the Supreme Court not to take up an appeal from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., saying the lower court correctly decided it had breached its fiduciary duties under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act in a $50 million suit stemming from the company's 1999 spinoff from RJR Nabisco Inc....

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