On June 5, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court expanded the scope of ERISA's church-plan exemption in the case of Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton, -- S. Ct. --, 2017 WL 2407476 (2017). The unanimous decision adopted a broad reading of the exemption to apply not only to plans originally established by churches, but also to plans maintained by certain church-affiliated organizations |