Fringe Benefit Group Denied SCOTUS Look at Massive ERISA Class

Fringe Benefit Group on Monday was denied US Supreme Court review of a decision certifying a class covering more than 200,000 people in a dispute over the fees it charges retirement and health plan customers.

Fringe and its subsidiaries had asked the justices to address a “decades long split” over the disconnect between constitutional standing and the federal rules governing class certification. Courts disagree about whether a plaintiff’s ability to litigate over the injuries of unnamed potential class members is a question of standing—which is often resolved in the early stages of the case—or one of class certification, which typically ...