{"id":2677,"date":"2026-01-20T11:21:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/?p=2677"},"modified":"2026-01-20T11:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:21:53","slug":"presenting-the-2026-releases-of-the-wage-hour-class-action-collective-action-review-and-the-private-attorneys-general-act-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/2026\/01\/20\/presenting-the-2026-releases-of-the-wage-hour-class-action-collective-action-review-and-the-private-attorneys-general-act-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Presenting The 2026 Releases Of The Wage &amp; Hour Class Action Collective Action Review and The Private Attorneys General Act Review! \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/01\/WH-and-PAGA-Review-2026-Header.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/01\/WH-and-PAGA-Review-2026-Header-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/01\/WH-and-PAGA-Review-2026-Header-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/01\/WH-and-PAGA-Review-2026-Header-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/01\/WH-and-PAGA-Review-2026-Header-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/01\/WH-and-PAGA-Review-2026-Header-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/01\/WH-and-PAGA-Review-2026-Header.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, Gregory Tsonis, Daniel Spencer, and Eden Anderson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Duane Morris Takeaways:<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0Duane Morris is proud to announce the publication of two Reviews, the Wage &amp; Hour Class And Collective Action Review \u2013 2026, and the Private Attorneys General Act Review \u2013 2026. We hope these publications will demystify some of the complexities of Wage &amp; Hour and PAGA litigation and keep corporate counsel updated on the ever-evolving nuances of these issues.\u00a0 We hope these books \u2013 manifesting the collective experience and expertise of our class action defense group \u2013 will assist our clients by identifying developing trends in the case law and offering practical approaches in dealing with Wage &amp; Hour and PAGA litigation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again in 2025, as has been the case for several years, litigation against employers alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and\/or related state law wage &amp; hour laws continued to be an area of intense focus for plaintiffs\u2019 attorneys. The plaintiffs\u2019 bar in 2025 filed more wage &amp; hour class and collective actions against companies than any other type of complex litigation, resulting in outsized importance for this area of substantive law. Similarly, claims filed under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), continue to be one of the most popular types of complex litigation filed in California. PAGA representative lawsuits allow plaintiffs to bring claims on behalf of their co-workers with no class certification requirements and minimal barriers to legal standing. By all accounts, 2025 was a very active year on the PAGA litigation front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click<a href=\"https:\/\/online.flippingbook.com\/view\/924373000\/\"> here <\/a>to bookmark or download a copy of the Wage &amp; Hour Class And Collective Action Review \u2013 2026 e-book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/online.flippingbook.com\/view\/422041897\/\">here\u00a0<\/a>to bookmark or download a copy of the Private Attorneys General Act Review \u2013 2026 e-book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for more Wage &amp; Hour and PAGA class action analysis coming soon on our podcast, the Class Action Weekly Wire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, Gregory Tsonis, Daniel Spencer, and Eden Anderson Duane Morris Takeaways:\u00a0Duane Morris is proud to announce the publication of two Reviews, the Wage &amp; Hour Class And Collective Action Review \u2013 2026, and the Private Attorneys General Act Review \u2013 2026. We hope these publications will demystify some &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/2026\/01\/20\/presenting-the-2026-releases-of-the-wage-hour-class-action-collective-action-review-and-the-private-attorneys-general-act-review\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Presenting The 2026 Releases Of The Wage &amp; Hour Class Action Collective Action Review and The Private Attorneys General Act Review! \u00a0&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":583,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,42],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[30],"class_list":["post-2677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paga-actions","category-wage-hour-litigation"],"authors":[{"term_id":30,"user_id":583,"is_guest":0,"slug":"classactiondefense","display_name":"Class Action Defense","avatar_url":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2020\/10\/dmlogo.jpg","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/583"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2677"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=2677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}