The Class Action Weekly Wire

This week's episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partners Jerry Maatman and Jennifer Riley with their discussion of how the 2024 presidential election could transform the class action arena going into 2025. A full episode transcript is available on our blog.

This week's episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman and associates Gregory Slotnick and Nicolette Zulli with their analysis of a recent ruling issued by a New York Federal Court yet again denying a request to approval a settlement between the EEOC and a union that would have ended a decades-old EEOC race discrimination suit. A full episode transcript is available on our blog.

This week's episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman, special counsel Justin Donoho, and associate Ryan Garippo with their analysis of a recent ruling issued by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts dismissing plaintiffs’ wiretap claim in an advertising technology (“adtech”) class action, providing corporate defendants with a welcome beacon in the recent influx of adtech class action litigation. A full episode transcript is available on our blog. Our previous episode, the Digital Frontier Survival Guide For Corporate Counsel, discusses best practices and risk mitigation in wake of litigation targeting website advertising technologies. Earlier this year we published the Duane Morris Privacy Class Action Review – 2024, analyzing key developments in this space.

This week's episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman and associate Derrick Fong-Stempel with their analysis of a recent ruling issued by the California Court of Appeal in the Second Appellate District affirming the district court’s order declining to grant the defendant’s motion to compel arbitration in a PAGA suit. A full episode transcript is available on our blog. Learn more about the California PAGA reform bills enacted in 2024 here. Bookmark or download the Duane Morris Private Attorneys General Act Review – 2024 here.

This week's episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jennifer Riley and special counsel Justin Donoho with their analysis of a recent Illinois federal court ruling issued in a BIPA class action involving identify verification software in R.S., et al. v. IDology Inc. A full episode transcript is available on our blog.

This week's episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features a sneak peek into the third installment of the Duane Morris PFAS Webinar Series: Risk Mitigation and the Rise of Class Action Litigation. Duane Morris partners Jerry Maatman, Jennifer Riley, and Brad Molotsky provide a high-level overview of the recent developments, key rulings, and risk mitigation strategies in their analysis of the “forever chemicals” explosion in the product liability & mass tort class action landscape. A full episode transcript is available on our blog.

This week's episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman and associate Ryan Garippo with their discussion of a recent lawsuit challenging the implementation of the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance, which took effect in July 2024, alleging the statute would impact flight prices and routes – hindering airlines’ ability to provide services. A full episode transcript is available on our blog.

This week's episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman, special counsel Justin Donoho, and associate Tyler Zmick with their discussion of a BIPA ruling issued in the Northern District of Illinois analyzing the arguments of consumer privacy claims involving virtual “try-on” technology. A full episode transcript is available on our blog.

This week's episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partners Jerry Maatman and Sean McConnell with their analysis of class action litigation in the antitrust space involving student-athletes and their Name, Image, Likeness (“NIL”) claims. A full episode transcript is available on our blog.

This week's episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman, special counsel Justin Donoho, and associate Ryan Garippo with their analysis of a major settlement in the data breach class action space, and what it signifies for trends in this area as well as data security best practices for companies. A full episode transcript is available on our blog.