Mitigating the Coming Wage & Hour Pandemic

May 29, 2025
By Aaron GoldsteinDorsey & Whitney LLP

Overview

For years, Plaintiff’s attorneys in California have leveraged armies of junior associates and the high cost of litigation to demand massive settlements. But now that they’ve already sued basically every employer in the state, they’re opening offices abroad and bringing their bare-knuckled litigation tactics with them. Aggressive plaintiffs’ firms are targeting employers across the country with class actions that can cost hundreds of thousands in legal fees, even for small disputes. And in many cases, individual directors and officers can be held personally liable.

In this practical and eye-opening session, employment attorney Aaron Goldstein will walk HR professionals and business leaders through this growing threat and what they can do to mitigate their risks.

In this session, you’ll learn:
• The tactics these plaintiffs’ firms are using to export massive settlements
• How to lower your risks around state laws, such as rest and meal break statutes
• How to track time in way the protects your company from liability
• How to use arbitration agreements and class action waivers to push back at class action claims
• How to build the kinds of documentation and compliance practices that make your company a far less inviting target

Don’t wait until your company becomes the next target. Join us and learn how to protect your organization from wage & hour risk—before it’s too late.

About the speaker

Aaron Goldstein

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Aaron Goldstein advises businesses and provides litigation expertise on all employment related matters, from trade secret disputes and non-competition agreements to discrimination and harassment claims, under Oregon, Washington, and federal law. Aaron represents clients before the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, the Washington Human Rights Commission, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries, and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Aaron represents companies in a wide variety of industries, including banking, financial services, computer software, semiconductor fabrication, retail, and medical supplies.

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