5th Circuit Affirms Certification Of Class Including Thousands Of ERISA Plans

Mealey's (August 15, 2023, 10:14 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Saying in part that the commonality of a question of how a master trust agreement operates “unequivocally dominates any potential individualized inquiries,” a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel upheld class certification in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act case involving participants in thousands of benefit plans....