Government Pension Insurer Launches Amicus Brief Request Program

The federal government’s pension insurer on Thursday launched a new program allowing private parties to request its input in litigation.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s newly-launched Amicus Curiae Program establishes a process for submitting requests asking the agency to file amicus briefs in cases that could affect the private pension system or the agency’s operations. The PBGC will consider requests that present novel or significant issues and primarily focus on the US Supreme Court and federal appeals courts, but it may participate at the district court level if a case involves “particularly important issues within the PBGC’s area of expertise,” ...