( January 6, 2026, 11:54 AM EST) -- LAS VEGAS — In what it said was an issue of first impression, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 5 adopted a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) interpretation, concluding that “asbestos abatement qualifies as work in the ‘building and construction industry’” and therefore affirming summary judgment against a multiemployer pension trust and its board in a withdrawal liability case....