Broadcast Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET)

Overview:

The intersection of potential statutory liability with company decisions that necessarily involve large numbers of people, like telemarketing or the sale and trading of public-company securities, have generated class actions since the last century. From that perspective, it is unsurprising that emerging trends in class actions now include website tracking, biometric identification, and artificial intelligence. Understanding opportunities and challenges in the former, rooted in black law, can help navigate these new trends.

Join Grace Mead of Stearns Weaver Miller, P.A. and Frank A. Zacherl of Shutts & Bowen LLP as they explore these issues.

 

Key Topics to be Discussed:

  • First steps for assessing a proposed class action complaint
  • Jurisdiction and procedural complexities, including expert testimony considerations
  • Strategies for developing class-wide damages models and mitigating class action risks
  • Best practices for defending against and settling class action lawsuits
  • The evolving impact of technology on class action litigation

Credit:

Course Level:

Intermediate

 

Advance Preparation:

Print and review course materials

 

Method of Presentation:

Live Webcast

 

Prerequisite:

General knowledge of class action

 

Course Code:

1411318

 

Total Credit:

CLE Credits:

CA CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 04/15/2027

PA CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 04/15/2027

VT CLE 1:50 General - Approved Until: 12/31/2026

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

MO CLE 1.50 General - Approved Until: 04/15/2025

 

Pending CLE Application:

GA, TN, WI

 

Self-Apply:

AL, CO, DE, FL, ID, IL, IN, IO, KS, KY, LA, NC, ME, MN, MS, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OH, OK, OR, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WY

 

If you’d like us to apply for CLE, you may opt to pay the CLE processing fee here.

 

No MCLE Requirements:

DC, MD, MA, MI, SD

 

Not Eligible for CLE:

AK, AZ, HI

Speaker Panel:

Grace Mead  , Shareholder     
Stearns Weaver Miller, P.A.

Grace Mead is a trial and appellate lawyer. For over 20 years, she has represented clients in high-stakes cases around the country, including in class actions, mass actions, government litigation, and corporate and securities litigation. Before joining the Firm, she clerked for the Honorable Jerry E. Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and was an associate in a prominent New York law firm. Grace graduated with High Honors, Order of the Coif, from the University of Chicago Law School, where she was Editor-in-chief of the Law Review. In her spare time, she wrote and published a novel, Defense of an Other, which is available on Amazon (hint, hint).

Frank A. Zacherl, Partner 
Shutts & Bowen LLP   

Frank A. Zacherl is a partner in the Miami office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where he serves as the Chair of the firm’s Class Action Practice and as a leading member of the Insurance Practice Group.

A Martindale-Hubbell AV® rated attorney, Frank concentrates his practice in complex civil litigation, with an emphasis on trial work, class action defense, and high-stakes commercial matters. His practice areas include insurance, electronic commerce, commercial, and cybersecurity litigation.

Agenda:

Grace Mead, Shareholder     

Stearns Weaver Miller, P.A.

&

Frank A. Zacherl, Partner

Shutts & Bowen LLP

 

  • Applying lessons learned in long-standing areas of class litigation, like the Securities Act of 1933 and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to the new frontier of lawsuits challenging website tracking, biometric identification, and artificial intelligence.
  • Jurisdiction and procedure, including Article III standing, the Class Action Fairness Act, and the role and admissibility of experts.
  • Practical tips, including the development of class-wide damages models, preventing and defending against class actions, and settlement issues and structures.

Date & Time:

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET)

A recording will be available to view 24-48 hours after the live date.

Materials:

Coming Soon.

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Who Should Attend:

  • Labor and Employment Lawyers
  • Class Action Lawyers
  • Human Resource Managers
  • Human Resource Executives
  • General Counsel
  • Top Level Management

SPEAKERS

Grace Mead  Shareholder     
Stearns Weaver Miller, P.A.
Frank A. ZacherlPartner 
Shutts & Bowen LLP   

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