Broadcast Date: Thursday, August 08, 2024
from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm (ET)
Overview:
The recent surge in class action lawsuits has left many businesses and their legal teams scrambling to keep up with the ever-evolving legal landscape.
Join our speakers in this CLE webcast as they delve into the latest developments in class action litigation and reveal essential best practices. This unique opportunity is designed to empower attendees with the knowledge and strategies needed to not only navigate the complexities of this dynamic legal field but also secure favorable outcomes for their clients.
Key topics that will be covered in this course are:
- Record-Breaking Class Action Settlements
- Key Class Certification Trends
- Next Generation Of Data Privacy Class Actions
- U.S. Supreme Court Rulings Impacting The Class Action Landscape
- A Resurgence In Government Enforcement Lawsuit Filings
- A basic background on consumer fraud class actions: Types of suits with an emphasis on the theories of harm to the consumer
- An introduction to damage methods proposed by plaintiffs and their experts: Conjoint survey analysis
- A basic understanding of how courts have ruled with regards to plaintiffs’ damage methodologies
- Recent Trends in Class Actions and the Arbitration Defense
- Recent Trends in Vehicle Defect Class Actions
- The Recent Development of Vehicle Connectivity Class Actions (GM Driver Behavior Data Class Action; BMW Car Tracking Class Litigation, 5G Litigation)
Credit:
Course Level:
Intermediate
Advance Preparation:
Print and review course materials
Method of Presentation:
On-Demand Webcast
Prerequisite:
General knowledge of class action
Course Code:
1411029
Total Credit:
CLE Credit:
GA CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 12/31/2024
CA CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 08/08/2026
PA CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 8/08/2026
TN CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 8/08/2025
WI CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 12/31/2025
VT CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 12/31/2025
NJ CLE 1.50 General - Credits through Reciprocity
NY CLE 1.50 Areas of Professional Practice - Credits through Reciprocity
AR CLE 1.50 General - Credits through Reciprocity
CT CLE 1.50 General - Credits through Reciprocity
NH CLE 1.50 General – Meets the requirements of NH Supreme Court Rule 53
MS CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 08/08/2025
Pending CLE Application:
NONE
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No MCLE Requirements:
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Not Eligible for CLE:
AK, AZ, HA, MO, IL
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Speaker Panel:
Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Partner
Duane Morris LLP
Gerald “Jerry” Maatman, Jr. is a Chambers-recognized class action defense litigator, an eight-time Law360 Employment Law MVP, and a nine-time recipient of BTI Consulting Group’s Client Service All-Star Award. Jerry is a Partner at Duane Morris LLP and chairs the firm’s Class Action Defense Group. Jerry successfully defended the largest EEOC systemic lawsuit ever prosecuted, the largest age discrimination collective action ever brought in Illinois, the first sexual harassment class action brought by a State Attorney General in the United States, and the largest wage & hour class actions ever litigated in Florida, Illinois, and New York. Jerry is a graduate of Washington & Lee University and the Northwestern University School of Law, where he serves as an adjunct professor.
Sushrut Jain, Managing Principal
Edgeworth Economics
Sushrut Jain is a professional economist with more than two decades of experience providing rigorous economic and data analyses for clients across a broad range of industries. Mr. Jain specializes in the application of economic, financial, and statistical analyses in the context of expert testimony for corporate litigation. Mr. Jain has provided consulting on matters involving intellectual property, false advertising, antitrust, consumer class actions, employment, and commercial litigation issues. In the area of intellectual property, Mr. Jain has worked on a variety of matters analyzing damages resulting from patent, copyright, trade secret, and trademark disputes. Mr. Jain has provided consulting and expert witness testimony in the area of false advertising damages. His antitrust experience includes the development of economic models to analyze issues of class certification, liability and damages in federal price-fixing cases.
Gary S. Graifman Esq., Partner
Co-Chair of the Consumer Class Action Litigation Group at KGG
Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman, P.C.
GARY S. GRAIFMAN is a partner in the Firm and co-chair of the Consumer Class Action Litigation Group at KGG. Mr. Graifman’s practice concentrates in the representation of plaintiffs in consumer and securities class action litigation. He is admitted to practice before multiple federal and state courts throughout the nation. Mr. Graifman is rated “AV-Preeminent” by Martindale Hubbell and has been nominated by Super Lawyers Magazine as a New Jersey Super Lawyer for 2010-2024. He has been a panelist and speaker on class action issues before various bar organizations including those sponsored by the Class Action Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association and by the National Employment Lawyers Association, New York Chapter.
Agenda:
Segment 1:
Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Partner
Duane Morris LLP
- Record-Breaking Class Action Settlements
- Key Class Certification Trends
- Next Generation Of Data Privacy Class Actions
- U.S. Supreme Court Rulings Impacting The Class Action Landscape
- A Resurgence In Government Enforcement Lawsuit Filings
Segment 2:
Sushrut Jain, Managing Principal
Edgeworth Economics
- A basic background on consumer fraud class actions: Types of suits with an emphasis on the theories of harm to the consumer
- An introduction to damage methods proposed by plaintiffs and their experts: Conjoint survey analysis
- A basic understanding of how courts have ruled with regards to plaintiffs’ damage methodologies
Segment 3:
Gary S. Graifman Esq., Partner
Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman, P.C.
- Recent Trends in Class Actions and the Arbitration Defense;
- Recent Trends in Vehicle Defect Class Actions;
- The Recent Development of Vehicle Connectivity Class Actions (GM Driver Behavior Data Class Action; BMW Car Tracking Class Litigation, 5G Litigation)
Date & Time:
Thursday, August 08, 2024
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm (ET)
Who Should Attend:
- Class Action Attorneys
- Paralegals
- Law Clerks
- Legal Assistants
- General/In-house Counsel
- Law Educators and Students
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