Federal Judge Orders Parties To Discuss Alternatives To Jury Trial In ERISA Suit

(May 26, 2020, 9:46 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on May 20 ordered the parties in a breach of fiduciary lawsuit filed by participants of Cornell University’s retirement plans to discuss the possibility of waiving a trial by jury, the possibility of consenting to trial before a magistrate judge and the possibility of settling the dispute because priority will be given to criminal cases with detained defendants once trials resume after the novel coronavirus pandemic stay-at-home order is lifted (Casey Cunningham, et al. v. Cornell University, et al., No. 16-6525, S.D. N.Y.)....

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