University Says Former Employee Released Right To Allege ERISA Claims

Mealey's (January 15, 2020, 2:16 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Jan. 13 appellee brief filed in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, George Washington University (GW) says that a former GW employee’s separation agreement with the school released her right to bring breach of fiduciary duty claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act against the university and that the district court properly found that the participant does not have standing to assert the claims (Melissa Stanley v. George Washington University, et al., No. 19-7079, D.C. Cir.)....