Ross Weiner
Legal Director
Ross Weiner is Legal Director at Certum Group, where he helps evaluate new business, assess legal and financial risk, and create optimal settlement designs and risk transfer options.
EDUCATION
B.A. Colgate University, summa cum laude (2004)
J.D. The George Washington University Law School, Order of the Coif (2009)
EXPERIENCE AND RECOGNITION
Ross was a member of The George Washington Law Review.
New York Super Lawyers Rising Star for the years 2015 through 2018.
Recent Articles by Ross Weiner
Too Big a Slice? What’s Next for Attorneys’ Fees in Claims-Made Settlements?
The Ninth Circuit's recent decision in In re: California Pizza Kitchen Data Breach Litigation sheds new light on the viability of a claims-made settlement in that Circuit. While the 2-1 decision affirmed the lower court’s decision that the class action...
Schwartz and the Retroactivity of BIPA
In August 2024, the Illinois legislature, with much fanfare, amended the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) to limit how much a plaintiff could recover each time its biometric information was inappropriately captured by a defendant. The amendment...
Cy Pres’ Delicate Dance
Cy Pres Overview “Cy pres” comes from the French expression cy pres comme possible, which means “as near as possible.”¹ In the class action world, cy pres distributions are relevant when the parties are unable to distribute some or all the settlement money to...
Dougan v. Centerplate: Dismissing a Federal Court Class Action in Favor of State Court
Dougan v. Centerplate, Inc., et al.,1 began as a wage-and-hour class action filed in state court. Defendants removed the case to the Southern District of California. Shortly thereafter, plaintiff filed a separate—but similar—action in state court pursuant...
The Increasing Danger of Fraudulent Claims in Class Action Settlements
In 2019, my colleague, Kevin Skrzysowski, wrote on this site about the risks of a consumer product class action settlement going viral. At that time, he was describing how feeder websites, social media, and the internet were all contributing to increasing take rates....
Claims-Made Settlements Are More Common Than You Think
Class action lawsuits are usually resolved with one of two settlement structures: common-fund settlements or claims-made settlements. A simple way to think about the difference between the two is that the former is for a fixed amount while the cost of the latter is...