PricewaterhouseCoopers Denied SCOTUS Look at Pension Suit (1)

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a class action by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP retirees seeking higher pension benefits, following advice from the acting U.S. solicitor general, who told the justices to skip the ERISA remedies dispute.

PwC asked the high court to undo a 2019 decision in which the Second Circuit held for the first time that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act authorizes plan participants to seek an order rewriting plan terms to remedy a violation of the statute, even when there’s no indication that the violation stemmed from fraud or misconduct. This decision created an unauthorized ...