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By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Rebecca S. Bjork, and Eden E. Anderson Duane Morris Takeaway: In 5-Star General Store, et al. v. American Express Co., 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 217246 (D.R.I. Dec. 2, 2024), Judge Mary McElroy of the U.S. District Court for the District Court of Rhode Island held that the defendants could not

By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Justin R. Donoho Duane Morris Takeaways: On December 3, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an order in In Re Intellivision Technologies Corp., (FTC Dec. 3, 2024) prohibiting an AI software developer from making misrepresentations that its AI-powered facial recognition software was free from gender and racial bias,

By Jennifer A. Riley Duane Morris Takeaways: Jennifer A. Riley, the Vice-Chair of the Duane Morris Class Action Defense Group recently spoke at 21st National Class Action Conference organized by the Barreau du Québec (Québec Bar Association). As the sole guest presenter from the United States on employment class actions, she spoke on cross-border class

By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Alex W. Karasik Duane Morris Takeaway: Thank you to all the loyal blog readers and followers who joined us last week for our Year-End EEOC Strategy And Litigation Review webinar! In this 30-minute program, Duane Morris partners Jerry Maatman, Jennifer Riley, and Alex Karasik analyzed the enforcement lawsuit filings in

Duane Morris Takeaway: This week’s episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partners Jerry Maatman and Jennifer Riley with their discussion of how the Trump’s second term in the White House could transform the class action arena heading into 2025. Check out today’s episode and subscribe to our show from your preferred

Duane Morris Takeaway: This week’s episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman and associates Gregory Slotnick and Nicolette Zulli with their analysis of a recent ruling issued by a New York Federal Court yet again denying a request to approve a settlement between the EEOC and a union that

By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Gregory S. Slotnick, and Christian J. Palacios Duane Morris Takeaways:  On November 6, 2024, Judge Lewis Kaplan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York once again denied a request to approve a settlement between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC” or the “Commission”) and