Willig, Williams & Davidson Of Council Provides Expert Opinion on Three Class-Action Lawsuits

Ryan Allen Hancock provided expert opinion in Berg v. Ontario Hockey League et al.

On Friday, May 15, 2020 the parties in Berg v. Ontario Hockey League et al., reached a 30-million-dollar settlement. The class action lawsuits were filed in 2014 and the plaintiffs, major junior hockey players, alleged that they were employees subject to minimum wages and overtime. In opposition, defendants alleged that the major junior hockey players were amateur student athletes. All three lawsuits were certified as a class action.

Philadelphia employment and labor attorney Ryan Allen Hancock was hired by the plaintiffs to provide an expert opinion on wage claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage laws.

Hancock is Of Counsel and chair of Willig, Williams & Davidson’s Employment Group where he counsels and represents clients in all matters related to their employment. He is the author of The Double Bind: Obstacles to Employment and Resources for Survivors of the Criminal Justice System, 15 U. Pa. J.L. & Soc. Change 515 2011-2012.

Hancock is the board chair of Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity and previously served on the board of Penn Law’s Journal of Law & Social Change. He has also served as the supervising attorney for Penn Law’s International Human Rights Advocates (IHRA) and has co-convened the Drexel Summer Theory Institute at the Earle Mack School of Law from 2011-2013.

Read more about the case on Global News.