Parties Respond To PBGC’s 7th Circuit Amicus Brief In Withdrawal Liability Case

( July 7, 2026, 10:51 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Responding to an amicus curiae brief in which the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) urges the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to affirm a withdrawal liability ruling that is contrary to decisions by two sister circuits, an employer argues that the government agency’s position aligns with its own “core textual arguments and ordinary common sense,” and a multiemployer pension plan contends that the agency “does not meaningfully address the two federal appeals decisions that disagree with its Opinion Letter, let alone explain why those courts’ reading of the text is incorrect.”...