Broadcast Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2024
from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm (ET)
Overview:
Employment law class actions remain a pivotal sphere within the legal domain, exerting significant influence on businesses, employees, and the overarching legal fabric. Keeping abreast of the ever-evolving employment law class action developments isn’t just prudent—it’s an imperative for legal practitioners, businesses, human resources personnel and anyone touched by these judicial proceedings.
Elevate your understanding of the intricate world of employment law class action litigation by joining our distinguished panel of legal experts and industry professionals. They will lead you through an immersive journey into the realm of class action employment lawsuits, unraveling the latest trends and developments that define this dynamic arena. Our experts will dissect recent employment class action cases, scrutinize landmark decisions, shed light on emerging trends within class action lawsuits, including arbitration developments, and scrutinize the perpetually shifting legal landscape. These discussions will provide invaluable insights into their far-reaching impact across various sectors, including consumer protection, employment, securities, and beyond.
Key Topics to Be Discussed:
- Recent Employment Class Action Cases
- Litigation Strategies
- Emerging Trends
- Industry-Specific Analysis
- Settlements and Damages
- Future Outlook
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:
1410951
Total Credit:
CLE Credits:
CA CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 6/30/2025
GA CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 12/31/2024
PA CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 1/16/2026
MS CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 1/16/2025
TN CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 1/16/2025
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
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Speaker Panel:
Stefan Boedeker, Managing Director
Strategy, Economics, and Statistics
Berkeley Research Group, LLC
Stefan Boedeker is a managing director with BRG’s Economics and Damages practice, where he specializes in statistical consulting.
Over the last thirty years, he has worked on hundreds of cases and projects in the litigation and management consulting context, where he specializes in the application of economic, statistical, and financial models to areas such as solutions to business issues, economic impact studies, and complex litigation cases.
Mr. Boedeker has provided economic, financial, and statistical consulting and expert services to clients across a wide range of industries, including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, high technology, entertainment, manufacturing, retail, real estate, insurance, and financial services, and federal, state, and local governments. He has issued hundreds of expert reports and given deposition and trial testimony in state and federal courts, arbitrations, and regulatory hearings over 150 times.
JoAnna Brooks, Shareholder
Employment Law Expert
Littler Mendelson P.C.
JoAnna Brooks has extensive class action litigation experience and has been involved in more than 50 class action litigation cases in California over the last 10 years. She advises clients both proactively and reactively on employment best practices, and serves as defense counsel in cases involving:
- Harassment
- Discrimination
- Breach of contract
- Wage and hour
- Unfair business practices
JoAnna’s experience includes defending clients through trial, as well as, representing clients before the California Labor Commissioner, California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board.
Jonathan L. Sulds , Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jon’s record in his labor and employment practice, which spans virtually every aspect of the engagement, protection, management and reward of workforce resources, has earned him a spot in Lawdragon’s Hall of Fame of American Labor and Employment Lawyers, recognition by Lawdragon as one of the Nation’s Top 20 Lawyers in Traditional Labor Law, shortlisting by Benchmark Litigation as one of the Top 5 Employment Litigators for Management East of the Mississippi, Lawdragon’s naming him one of the Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Lawyers, repeated listings in Chambers, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers and The Legal 500, plus designation as a Benchmark Litigation Labor and Employment Star.
Agenda:
Jonathan L. Sulds , Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Class Action Developments in Employment Cases
- Rule 23 General Principles
- Standing
- Commonality
- Indivisibility rule for injunctive relief
- Predominance
- “Practice” of discrimination
- Rule 23 General Principles
- Statistical Analysis
- Other Significant Class/Representative Action Developments
- Post Bristol-Myers Squibb – Impact on FLSA Actions
- California’s Private Attorney General Act (PAGA)
- Arbitration Trends
- Enforcement of Class Action Waivers
- PAGA
- AI/Privacy Trends
- Settlement Trends
- Class Action Developments in Employment Cases
Stefan Boedeker, Managing Director
Berkeley Research Group, LLC
- The Use of Statistical Evidence in Wage and Hour Class Actions
- Class Certification Phase
- Liability and Merits Phase
- Settlement and Judgment Distribution Phase
- Mediation Assistance
- Sample Based Data Collection Tools
- Employee Surveys
- Observational Studies
- Time and Motion Studies
- Statistical Measures of Reliability
- Confidence Interval and Confidence Level
- Margin of Error
JoAnna Brooks, Shareholder
Littler Mendelson P.C.
- Other Significant Class/Representative Action Developments
- Post Bristol-Myers Squibb – Impact on FLSA Actions
- California’s Private Attorney General Act (PAGA)
- Arbitration Trends
- Enforcement of Class Action Waivers
- PAGA Developments
- AI/Privacy Trends
- Settlement Trends
Date & Time:
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm (ET)
Who Should Attend:
- Class Action Lawyers
- General Counsel
- Business Management
- Human Resources Personnel
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