EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsHeather McPhee, the NFLPA's longtime associate general counsel before her firing last December, has settled the federal lawsuit in which she accused the union, its former executive director and two other senior executives of conspiring to keep her from cooperating with a criminal inquiry into union finances.According to a court motion filed Friday in Washington federal court, McPhee and defendants in her case "have executed a final settlement agreement in this matter." The parties asked U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali to delay all pending action in the case for 30 days while the parties ensure all conditions of their settlement are met.Last August, McPhee was put on paid administrative leave for alleged workplace "misconduct" after she had repeatedly raised legal concerns about union leaders' decisions. She also alleged that executives had tried to keep her from testifying before the federal grand jury nlooking into the NFLPA and the Major League Baseball Players Association.McPhee was fired less than two weeks after filing her federal lawsuit, which accused former union executive director Lloyd Howell Jr., lead counsel Tom DePaso and Matt Curtin, president of union licensing arm Players Inc., of illegal misconduct, sex discrimination, breach of fiduciary duty and retaliation.Last July, Howell resigned as ESPN prepared to report that he had used union funds to pay for a car service from a Fort Lauderdale airport to a Miami strip club and had sought union reimbursement for a visit to an Atlanta strip club accompanied by a pair of union employees.
