Chamber Again Opposes ERISA Class Covering Thousands of Plans

The US Chamber of Commerce called on the Fifth Circuit to reject a class action covering thousands of benefit plans serviced by Fringe Benefit Group, arguing that the reasonableness of thousands of contracts can’t be resolved in a single proceeding.

Multi-plan ERISA classes fail on standing grounds because they involve participants in one plan challenging the management of other plans they have no connection to, the Chamber argued in an amicus brief filed Tuesday.

“An individual who has no relationship to a benefit plan cannot possibly articulate an injury deriving from that plan’s service arrangements,” the Chamber told the US ...