Artificial Intelligence: A State-by-State Guide to Litigation Trends, Regulatory Updates, and Best Practices

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. | Duane Morris

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. is a Chambers-recognized workplace 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 Group. 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. A graduate of Washington & Lee University and the Northwestern University School of Law, where he has served as an adjunct professor for 34 years, Jerry is based out of Duane Morris’ Chicago and New York offices.

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. 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 2024 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.”

Justin R. Donoho | Duane Morris

Justin R. Donoho is a Special Counsel at Duane Morris and a workplace class action defense litigator focusing on defense of data privacy class actions as well as cybersecurity class actions and other workplace class actions. Mr. Donoho has defended companies faced with high-stakes, complex litigation matters for nearly fifteen years. He clerked for The Honorable William J. Bauer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Mr. Donoho is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, and he has an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in computer engineering. Before law school, he served seven years as a manager and consultant to large international organizations’ IT departments.

Mr. Donoho is the author of several publications related to AI litigation. He was recently published in the Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law, with his article, or survival guide for corporate counsel, on best practices to mitigate high-stakes AI litigation risk—including many of the same topics discussed in this webinar.

I. Litigation trends involving AI technologies | 2:00pm – 2:30pm

II. State-by-state legislative update | 2:30pm – 3:00pm

Break | 3:00pm – 3:10pm

III. Government enforcement agendas | 3:10pm – 3:40pm

IV. Best practices and Risk Mitigation | 3:40pm – 4:10pm