Eden E. Anderson

Special Counsel

  • Eden E. Anderson
  • Phone: +1 415 957 3029

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    Spear Tower
    One Market Plaza, Suite 2200
    San Francisco, CA 94105-1127
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Eden E. Anderson practices in the area of employment law and litigation. Ms. Anderson defends employers against discrimination, harassment, retaliation and attendant claims under California’s FEHA, as well as other single-plaintiff matters. Her practice also entails defense of wage and hour class actions and PAGA claims. In addition to litigation, Ms. Anderson has experience conducting workplace investigations and counseling clients on a wide variety of employment law topics, including leaves of absence and reasonable accommodations. 

Ms. Anderson is also a member of the firm’s appellate practice group. She has substantial appellate experience before the California Court of Appeal, California Supreme Court, and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Anderson also has expertise defending companies against disability access claims brought under California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act and Title III of the ADA.

Ms. Anderson is a 2004 graduate of Berkeley Law, where she won the American Jurisprudence Awards in Insurance Law and Corporations and was recognized for Best Moot Court Brief, and is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Admissions

  • California

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D., 2004
    - American Jurisprudence Award in Insurance Law
  • University of California, Berkeley, B.A., magna cum laude, 2000
    - Phi Beta Kappa

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Special Counsel, 2022-present
    - Associate, 2006-2007
  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
    - Counsel, 2007-2022
  • Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft LLP
    - Associate, 2004-2005

Selected Publications

  • Author, “Colorado Federal Court Grants Frontier Airlines’ Motion to Compel Arbitration In The GoWild! Pass Program Class Action,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, June 24, 2024
  • Author, “Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Holds That Disparate Treatment Of Gig Workers Is Justified By California’s Interest In Curbing Independent Contractor Misclassification,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, June 12, 2024
  • Co-Author and Co-Editor, “Duane Morris Private Attorneys General Act Review 2024”
  • Chapter Author, Duane Morris Class Action Review 2024
  • Contributor, “Duane Morris Wage & Hour Class and Collective Action Review 2024”
  • Author, “U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Courts, And Not Arbitrators, Must Decide Whether Contracting Parties Agreed To Delegate Arbitrability Issues To An Arbitrator,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, May 23, 2024
  • Author, “U.S. Supreme Court Settles Circuit Split And Holds That District Courts Granting Motions To Compel Arbitration Do Not Have Discretion To Dismiss Underlying Lawsuits And Must Stay Them,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, May 14, 2024
  • Co-author, "California Supreme Court Recognizes an Employer's Good Faith Defense to Labor Code Wage Statement Penalties," Duane Morris Alert, May 7, 2024
  • Author, “Ninth Circuit Holds That Business Entities Cannot Qualify As Transportation Workers Exempt From The Federal Arbitration Act,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, April 17, 2024
  • Author, “California Court Of Appeal Deems Attorneys’ Fees And Costs Awards To Prevailing Plaintiffs Mandatory On Overtime And Minimum Wage Claims,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, March 27, 2024
  • Author, “Illinois Federal Court Orders Samsung To Defend 806 Individual BIPA Claims In Arbitration And Pay $311,000 In Arbitration Filing Fees,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, February 19, 2024
  • Author, “Ninth Circuit Holds That Federal Courts Must Apply Adolph in PAGA Cases, With A Concurring Opinion Addressing Whether Individual Arbitration Will Have Preclusive Effect,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, February 14, 2024
  • Author, “California Supreme Court Rules That Lack Of Manageability Is An Improper Basis Upon Which To Strike A PAGA Claim, But Leaves Open Due Process Challenges,” Duane Morris Class Action Blog, January 19, 2024
  • Author, “Permanent Injunction Issued Precluding Enforcement Of California’s Ban On Mandatory Arbitration Agreements,” Duane Morris Class Action Blog, January 4, 2024
  • Chapter Author, “Duane Morris Class Action Review 2023”
  • Co-Author, “Duane Morris Private Attorneys General Act Review 2023”
  • Author, “U.S. Supreme Court Orders Automatic Stays Of District Court Proceedings When Parties Appeal Denials Of Motions To Compel Arbitration,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, June 25, 2023
  • Author, “New Jersey Determines That Class Action Waiver Untethered To An Arbitration Agreement Is Unenforceable,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, May 24, 2023
  • Author, “Congress To Consider Proposed FAA Amendment To Preclude Forced Arbitration Of Race Discrimination Claims,” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, May 5, 2023
  • Author, “Failure to timely pay arbitration fees results in waiver of the right to arbitration no ifs, ands, or buts,” California Employment Newsletter, February 2023
  • Chapter Author, “Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation,” ALM Law Journal Press, 2014