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Religious Liberties Practice Group Teleforum

Advocate Health Care v. Stapleton\\xa0is a combination of three cases,\\xa0Advocate Health Care v. Stapleton,\\xa0St. Peter\\u2019s Healthcare v. Kaplan,\\xa0and\\xa0Dignity Health v. Rollins, that confront the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) as it applies to churches and non-church religious non-profits. ERISA sets minimum standards for pension plans in private industry, such as an appeals process for participants and the right to sue for benefits. Churches are exempted from ERISA, however, the circuit courts have split over whether non-profit hospitals and schools are also exempted. Eric Baxter of the Becket Fund joined us\\xa0again\\xa0to discuss the 8-0 decision issued by the Supreme Court on June 5.

Featuring:

• Eric Baxter, Senior Counsel, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty