Respondents To High Court: Skip ERISA Releases Ruling; There Is No Split

( December 23, 2025, 6:31 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a brief filed at the request of the U.S. Supreme Court, former Atmel Corp. employees urge denial of a certiorari petition focused on a ruling concerning Employee Retirement Income Security Act releases in their long-running class action concerning severance benefits “[b]ecause there is no circuit conflict and nothing remarkable about the Ninth Circuit’s formulation of the non-exhaustive list of factors relevant to a district court’s assessment of the enforceability of an ERISA claims release.”...