Employment Class Actions: The 2020 Landscape Explored
Overview:
Class actions alleging labor law violations continue to hound employers throughout the country. As the volume of these cases increases, new court rulings also continue to emerge and reshape the litigation landscape. Anticipated court rulings which employers should follow in 2020 include Retirement Plans Committee Of IBM v. Jander, et al., Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma, et al., and Thole, et al. v. U.S. Bank, N.A.
Aside from these cases, emerging legal changes in relation to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are also expected to significantly impact employers as well as the ongoing class action trends.
In this LIVE Webcast, labor and employment law experts Jennifer A. Riley and Michael Jacobsen with Seyfarth Shaw LLP will provide an in-depth analysis of the recent trends in employment class actions along with the best compliance practices and effective litigation strategies considering the current risk issues.
Key Issues:
- Litigation Trends from 2019 – 2020
- Key Supreme Court Decisions
- Hot Issues to Watch in 2020
- Certification of “Me Too” Cases
- Lack of Injury and Ascertainability as Defenses to Certification, and
- Personal Jurisdiction Over Claims of Unnamed Class Members
- Settlement Trends
- The EEOC In 2020
- COVID-19 Employment Litigation Trends
- Managing Employment Litigation Risks In The Wake Of COVID-19
Agenda:
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- Trends from 2019 - 2020, including numbers of filings, key rulings, and certification trends
- Key Supreme Court decisions
- Hot issues to watch in 2020
- certification of “me too” cases,
- lack of injury and ascertainability as defenses to certification, and
- personal jurisdiction over claims of unnamed class members
- Settlement trends, including lower settlement values from 2019 and what they mean
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- The EEOC In 2020
- COVID-19 Employment Litigation Trends
- Managing Employment Litigation Risks In The Wake Of COVID-19
Who Should Attend:
- Labor and Employment Lawyers
- Class Action Lawyers
- Human Resource Managers
- Human Resource Executives
- General Counsel
- Top Level Management
Jennifer A. Riley is a partner in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, a leading national employment and labor …
Michael represents companies facing wage & hour class, collective, and other representative actions, and discrimination pattern and practice lawsuits. Clients …
Course Level:
Intermediate
Advance Preparation:
Print and review course materials
Method of Presentation:
On-demand Webcast (CLE)
Prerequisite:
General knowledge of employment litigation
Course Code:
148459
NY Category of CLE Credit:
Areas of Professional Practice
Total Credit:
1.0 CLE
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