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AI and the New Class Action Frontier: Litigation Trends, Key Rulings, and Defense Strategies

Master the AI-driven class action wave: understand the technologies at issue, the rulings shaping the field, the regulatory landscape, and the defense strategies corporate counsel can deploy now.

2026-05-15 13:00:00

1 hours

Program Details

2026-05-15 13:00:00

2026-05-15 13:00:00

1h CLE Credits

2026-05-15 13:00:00

1 hours

Program Details

2026-05-15 13:00:00

Program Details

2026-05-15 13:00:00

Over 1,000+ webinars

2026-05-15 13:00:00

1 hours

Course Overview

When AI Goes on Trial

2026-05-15 13:00:00

Develop practical command of the AI-driven class action landscape, including the technologies at issue, the key rulings shaping the case law, the legislative and enforcement environment, and actionable defense strategies for corporate counsel.

Format

CLE Credit

1h CLE Credits

Level

Intermediate

Length

1

Key topics that will be covered

01
Liability landscape
Understand how AI is redefining employer and corporate liability.
02
Court trends
Anticipate how courts are framing AI-driven class action claims.
03
State legislation
Monitor the state-by-state legislative update on AI.
04
Government enforcement
Track agency priorities, investigations, and enforcement actions on AI.
05
Risk mitigation
Apply mitigation strategies to reduce AI class action exposure.
06
Corporate counsel toolkit
Deploy practical tactics corporate counsel can use immediately.

Program schedule

clock 1:00 pm - 1:10 pm EST

AI Technologies At Issue and Common Risks

Identify the AI technologies driving today’s class action exposure and the common risks creating new categories of employer and corporate liability.

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.
clock 1:10 pm - 1:25 pm EST

Key Rulings and Developing Caselaw

Examine the key rulings and rapidly developing case law shaping AI-driven class action litigation and how courts are framing corporate liability.

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.
clock 1:25 pm - 1:35 pm EST

State-By-State Legislative Update

Review the state-by-state legislative update on AI and how the patchwork of regulation is feeding new categories of class action claims.

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.
clock 1:35 pm - 1:45 pm EST

Government Enforcement Radar

Survey agency priorities, investigations, and enforcement actions corporate counsel must monitor in the rapidly evolving regulatory environment around AI.

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.
clock 1:45 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Risk Mitigation and Defense Strategies

Apply actionable risk mitigation and defense strategies that corporate counsel can deploy immediately against emerging AI-driven class action claims.

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.
Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.

Duane Morris LLP

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.

Duane Morris LLP

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. is a Chambers-recognized class action defense litigator, an eight-time Law 360 Employment Law MVP, nine-time recipient of BTI Consulting Group’s distinguished Client Service All-Star Award, and a 2021 Legal 500 Hall of Fame inductee. Jerry is a partner at Duane Morris LLP, where he chairs the firm’s Class Action Defense Team. He defends employers nationwide in class and collective actions involving employment discrimination, wage and hour claims, EEOC systemic enforcement, and ERISA, and he practices from the firm’s Chicago and New York offices.

Education & Credentials

A graduate of Washington & Lee University and the Northwestern University School of Law, where he has served as an adjunct professor for 35 years, Jerry is based out of Duane Morris’ Chicago and New York offices. He earned his Juris Doctor in 1981 and his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in 1978. He is admitted in Illinois and New York and practices before the Supreme Court of the United States, eleven United States Courts of Appeals, and nineteen federal district courts.

Recognition & Leadership

In 2023, Business Today included Jerry in its rankings of the Top 8 Most Influential Labor & Employment Lawyers in the United States. Further, Chambers selected him as one of the leading class action defense lawyers in its 2006 to 2025 rankings of U.S. lawyers. In its Global rankings, Chambers stated that “Maatman is absolutely phenomenal,” and is “one of the top class action minds in the country. He is a Fellow of the American College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, a 2026 inductee into the Lawdragon Hall of Fame, and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 2014.

Professional Involvement

The author of eight books on the law, Jerry is often consulted by major news organizations for his views on significant court rulings and legal issues. He has served as a legal commentator on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), National Public Radio (NPR), MSNBC, CNBC, and USA Talk Radio, and his comments have appeared in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Business Insurance, USA Today, Fortune, and Forbes. He serves on the Law360 Employment Editorial Board and writes the Duane Morris Class Action Review, an annual survey of class action rulings published every year since 2003. His most recent book, The Employment Law Manual, was published by Wiley in February 2026.

Experience

Among his various cases, Jerry successfully defended the largest EEOC pattern or practice lawsuit ever prosecuted in the history of the Commission, the largest age discrimination collective action ever brought in Illinois, the first sexual harassment class action brought by a State Attorney General in the United States, and the largest wage & hour class actions ever litigated in Florida, Illinois, and New York. Reported matters include EEOC v. Sterling and EEOC v. Kaplan.
Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.

Duane Morris LLP

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. is a Chambers-recognized class action defense litigator, an eight-time Law 360 Employment Law MVP, nine-time recipient of BTI Consulting Group’s distinguished Client Service All-Star Award, and a 2021 Legal 500 Hall of Fame inductee. Jerry is a partner at Duane Morris LLP, where he chairs the firm’s Class Action Defense Team. He defends employers nationwide in class and collective actions involving employment discrimination, wage and hour claims, EEOC systemic enforcement, and ERISA, and he practices from the firm’s Chicago and New York offices.

Education & Credentials

A graduate of Washington & Lee University and the Northwestern University School of Law, where he has served as an adjunct professor for 35 years, Jerry is based out of Duane Morris’ Chicago and New York offices. He earned his Juris Doctor in 1981 and his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in 1978. He is admitted in Illinois and New York and practices before the Supreme Court of the United States, eleven United States Courts of Appeals, and nineteen federal district courts.

Recognition & Leadership

In 2023, Business Today included Jerry in its rankings of the Top 8 Most Influential Labor & Employment Lawyers in the United States. Further, Chambers selected him as one of the leading class action defense lawyers in its 2006 to 2025 rankings of U.S. lawyers. In its Global rankings, Chambers stated that “Maatman is absolutely phenomenal,” and is “one of the top class action minds in the country. He is a Fellow of the American College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, a 2026 inductee into the Lawdragon Hall of Fame, and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 2014.

Professional Involvement

The author of eight books on the law, Jerry is often consulted by major news organizations for his views on significant court rulings and legal issues. He has served as a legal commentator on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), National Public Radio (NPR), MSNBC, CNBC, and USA Talk Radio, and his comments have appeared in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Business Insurance, USA Today, Fortune, and Forbes. He serves on the Law360 Employment Editorial Board and writes the Duane Morris Class Action Review, an annual survey of class action rulings published every year since 2003. His most recent book, The Employment Law Manual, was published by Wiley in February 2026.

Experience

Among his various cases, Jerry successfully defended the largest EEOC pattern or practice lawsuit ever prosecuted in the history of the Commission, the largest age discrimination collective action ever brought in Illinois, the first sexual harassment class action brought by a State Attorney General in the United States, and the largest wage & hour class actions ever litigated in Florida, Illinois, and New York. Reported matters include EEOC v. Sterling and EEOC v. Kaplan.

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