Be prepared to respond to harassment complaints in a way that complies with applicable laws and minimizes risk.
This presentation will discuss significant developments in defending workplace class action litigation in the areas of settlement, arbitration, certification, and the effect of government enforcement. The speakers will analyze class action and collective action rulings involving claims brought against employers in all 50 states, including decisions pertaining to employment-related discrimination and harassment matters. We will review significant developments from 2022 and suggest what to expect in 2023 and beyond. This course is a definitive source of information on the trends in litigation and legislation regarding discrimination and harassment in the workplace.
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Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.
Duane Morris
- Partner and Chair, Workplace Class Action Group – Duane Morris LLP
- Successfully defended the largest EEOC pattern or practice lawsuit ever prosecuted in the history of the Commission, the largest age discrimination collective action ever brought in Illinois, and the first sexual harassment class action brought by a State Attorney General in the United States
- Has written and lectured widely on all aspects of labor and employment law, including an annual, one-of-a-kind go-to research and resource guide for businesses and their corporate counsel facing complex litigation
- Graduate of Washington & Lee University and the Northwestern University School of Law, where is he adjunct professor
- Can be contacted at [email protected] or 312-499-6710
Jennifer A. Riley
Duane Morris
- Partner and Vice Chair, Workplace Class Action Group – Duane Morris LLP
- Regularly represents companies facing EEOC lawsuits, class actions, collective actions, pattern or practice lawsuits, and systemic investigations, involving hundreds to thousands of putative class members
- Counsels and defends employers from a range of employment law theories, including claims of race, age, gender, and disability discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, and alleged wage and hour violations
- Extensive commercial litigation experience
- Has represented clients in a wide range of complex civil litigation matters in federal and state courts across the country
- Served as trial counsel in federal court bench trials, jury trials, and arbitration proceedings
- Secured dismissal of complex and large-scale actions by defeating class or collective action certification, prevailing on summary judgment, and structuring and securing approval of complex and multi-party settlements and consent decrees
- Co-author and co-editor of an annual, one-of-a-kind go-to research and resource guide for businesses and their corporate counsel facing complex litigation
- J.D. degree, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall; B.A. degree in economics and anthropology, magna cum laude, Vanderbilt University
- Can be contacted at [email protected] or 312-499-6711
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