Eugene Scalia of Gibson Dunn.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Financial Services Institute and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on Monday to deny the motions filed Thursday by AARP and state attorneys general to intervene in an appeals court ruling to vacate the Labor Department's fiduciary rule.
Eugene Scalia, the lead Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher attorney who argued against Labor's rule before the 5th Circuit and represents the plaintiffs which includes Chamber, SIFMA and FSI, said in a filing that AARP and the state attorneys general from California, Oregon and New York "have delayed until the last moment to file intervention motions to seek rehearing en banc," adding that their delay "is unjustifiable" and should be denied.
AARP and the three state AGs, Scalia wrote, "have had ample opportunity to intervene in the multiple cases challenging the so-called 'fiduciary rule' in district courts around the country, in appeals in two other circuit courts, and in this appeal, which was decided by this court more than a month ago."
