Mealey's (August 15, 2017, 12:44 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A split Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 10 denied a petition for writ of mandamus asking it to transfer an Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit back to Pennsylvania federal court, ruling in a case of first impression for the circuit that a forum-selection clause in an ERISA plan overrides the statute’s direction that suits may be brought in certain courts tied to the plan or the beneficiary (In re: George W. Mathias, No. 16-3808, 7th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 14803)....