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Summary Judgment Motions in Wage and Hour Class and Collective Actions: Pre- and Post-Certification Strategies

Disposing of or Limiting Claims, Improving Settlement Posture, Eliminating Class Members

Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A

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Conducted on Wednesday, October 2, 2024

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This CLE course will guide employment defense litigators on strategically pursuing summary judgment motions in wage and hour class and collective actions. The panel will discuss considerations and best practices for drafting and leveraging summary judgment motions pre- and post-certification to dispose of or limit claims, eliminate putative class members, improve settlement posture, and more.

Description

Wage and hour class and collective actions have the potential for costly discovery and exorbitant defense costs. As a result, defense counsel often pursue summary judgment motions as a strategy to defeat or limit claims early on, dismiss putative class members, or influence a potential settlement.

Employment litigators must be strategic about the timing of summary judgment motions--before or after certification--and their interplay with decertification motions. Counsel must also approach the drafting of summary judgment motions strategically.

Listen as our authoritative panel of employment litigators examines how employment defense counsel strategically use summary judgment motions in wage and hour class and collective actions. In addition, the panel will discuss factors to consider when weighing whether to file summary judgment motions pre- or post-certification.

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Outline

  1. Summary judgment motions pre-certification
    1. Purpose/goal
    2. Strategic considerations
  2. Summary judgment motions post-certification
    1. Purpose/goal
    2. Strategic considerations

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • What are the benefits of making summary judgment motions pre-certification?
  • Under what circumstances should post-certification summary judgment motions be made?
  • What are best practices for drafting summary judgment motions in wage and hour class and collective actions?

Faculty

Maatman, Gerald
Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.

Partner, Chair Class Action Defense Group
Duane Morris

Mr. Maatman has nearly four decades of experience practicing law and has defended some of the most...  |  Read More

Riley, Jennifer
Jennifer A. Riley

Partner, Vice Chair Workplace Class Action Group
Duane Morris

Ms. Riley has defended companies faced with significant complex litigation matters for more than two decades. She...  |  Read More

Tripp, Noel
Noel P. Tripp

Principal
Jackson Lewis

Mr. Tripp has represented employers in matters pending before federal and state courts and administrative agencies...  |  Read More

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