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The EEOC filed suit under Title VII and the PWFA on behalf of Simone Cooper, a special police officer who was reassigned after the client at her post did not want her working at the site while pregnant. (Compl. ¶ 17).

Amazon.com Services, LLC v. Malloy, 141 Nev. Adv. Op. 50 (Oct. 30, 2025), the Nevada Supreme Court resolved an important certified question affecting wage-and-hour litigation statewide – it ruled that Nevada's wage laws do not incorporate the federal Portal-to-Portal Act's ("PPA") broad exclusions for preliminary and postliminary activities.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied the SEC's motion to strike certain affirmative defenses of the former CFO of cannabis company Acreage Holdings, Inc.

This week's episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman and special counsel Samson Huang with their analysis of recent developments in the $2.78 billion settlement between the NCAA and college athletes to resolve name, image, likeness ("NIL") compensation claims.

In Williams v. Bally's Management Group LLC, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island dismissed a plaintiff's claims challenging the lawfulness of Bally's tobacco-free wellness program under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)...

Duane Morris Takeaways: Recently we had the privilege of attending this year's annual ABA conference on class action litigation. Cutting-edge issues under Rule 23 were the focus...

A new putative class action filed in the Northern District of California alleges that Adobe deceives consumers into year-long, automatically renewing "annual, billed monthly" plans, obscures material terms...

In an article published in Bloomberg Law, Partners Jessica Lewis and Chris Johnstone discuss common pitfalls and challenges associated with confidential witness testimony in securities class action cases.