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The NAM filed an amicus brief supporting CNH Industrial’s appeal to the Supreme Court of an adverse decision involving its obligation to provide lifetime healthcare benefits for retirees. The issue in the case is whether a collective bargaining agreement that does not expressly provide for lifetime vesting of such benefits can be interpreted to include them. The NAM’s brief argued that while the Supreme Court has already addressed this issue in the Tackett case in 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit struggled to properly implement that ruling and improperly tipped the scales in favor of employees. The case is important for companies with similar provisions in their collective bargaining agreements. The U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for certiorari and issued a per curiam decision reversing the Sixth Circuit and rendering judgment in CNH’s favor.