By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Emilee N. Crowther Duane Morris Takeaways: In Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. et al. v. NLRB et al., No. 6:23-CV-00553, 2024 WL 1045231 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 8, 2024), Judge J.
Class Action & Mass Torts
Sixth Circuit Is First to Weigh In On Pizza Driver Mileage Reimbursement Battle And Rejects DOL Interpretation
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Kathryn Brown Duane Morris Takeaways: On March 12, 2024, in Parker v. Battle Creek Pizza, Inc. No. 22-2119 (6th Cir. Mar. 12, 2024), a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit addressed…
California Federal Court Axes The EEOC’s Complaint Against Italian Restaurants
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Nick Baltaxe, and Brittany Wunderlich Duane Morris Takeaways: On March 11, 2024, in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Il Fornaio (America) LLC, Case No. 2:22-CV-05992, Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett of the U.S. District Court for the…
Illinois Federal Court Enjoins “Equivalent Benefit” Provision Of Day And Temporary Labor Services Act In Significant Win For Staffing Agencies And Their Company Clients
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Gregory Tsonis Duane Morris Takeaways: In a consequential ruling on March 11, 2024, Judge Thomas M. Durkin of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted in part…
The Duane Morris Private Attorneys General Act Review – 2024
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, Brandon Spurlock, and Shireen Wetmore Duane Morris Takeaways: One law making California so different – and so challenging – for employers is the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”), which authorizes employees to…
The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 47: 2024 Preview: Discrimination Class Action Litigation
Duane Morris Takeaway: This week’s episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman and associates Zev Grumet-Morris and Derek Franklin with their discussion of 2023 developments and trends in discrimination class action litigation as…
Class Action Law Forum – Recent Developments Regarding The Impact Of Artificial Intelligence
By Jennifer A. Riley I was honored to speak today at the 6th Annual Class Action Law Forum at the University of San Diego School of Law. With hundreds of attendees, the conference focused on the current state of class…
The EEOC’s 2023 Annual Performance Report Touts A Record $665 Million In Worker Recoveries
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Alex W. Karasik, and Christian J. Palacios Duane Morris Takeaways: On March 11, 2024, the EEOC published its Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Performance Report (FY 2023 APR), highlighting the Commission’s accomplishments for the previous year,…
Another Federal Court Holds that Recall Moots Class-Action Claims
Another federal judge in the Eastern District of Michigan dismissed a putative class action against a vehicle manufacturer on prudential mootness grounds, holding that the manufacturer’s voluntary recall program mooted the plaintiffs’ claims. See Letson v. Ford Motor Co., 2024…
Pendent Appellate Jurisdiction in Class Actions Addressed by Fourth Circuit
When a class certification decision overlaps with merits issues, can a court of appeals deciding an interlocutory appeal from a class certification order also review an earlier decision on a motion to dismiss if it was integral to the class…