In exchange for the valuable consideration described in Section 2, Consultant hereby releases the Company, the Company Group, and each of their employees, officers, directors, stockholders, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, parent corporations, successors, legal representatives and assigns, as well as each of the above entities’ past and present officers, directors, employees, shareholders, members, trustees, joint ventures, attorneys, partners, and anyone claiming through them (collectively, the “ Released Parties ”), from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, demands, rights, damages, costs, expenses, attorneys’ fees and compensation in any form whatsoever, whether known or unknown, which Consultant now has or may have, or which may hereafter accrue against any of the Released Parties on account of or in any way growing out of Consultant’s prior employment with the Company or the termination thereof or otherwise arising up to and including the date Consultant signs this Agreement, including, but not limited to, claims for wrongful discharge, breach of implied or express contracts, breach of an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, tortious interference with contract or prospective economic advantage, violation of public policy, intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress, negligent hiring/supervision, defamation, fraud, or other wrongful conduct, including, specifically, any claims arising out of any legal or contractual restriction on the Company’s right to terminate its employees, claims for wages, bonuses, incentives, employment benefits, and claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, Consultant Retirement Income Security Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act, or Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Equal Pay Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, all as amended, or any other provision of federal, state or local statutory or common law or regulation.