ERISA preemption of state law is complicated, and it gets even murkier in state court. We advise our clients and our litigation partners to immediately refer anything that smells like an ERISA action to our ERISA team, so that the matter can be timely removed to federal court. State courts do not routinely handle ERISA matters, and this litigation tends to not go very well there. Barnett v. SKF USA, Inc. demonstrates what can happen.… Continue Reading