Seyfarth’s annual Workplace Class Action Report was referenced in "Workplace lawsuits could rise under Trump, but Supreme Court still a wild card," a January 20 story by the Chicago Tribune. Authored by Gerald Maatman, this year’s report said that the value of the top 10 wage-and-hour class-action settlements surged to $695.5 million last year, from $436.6 million in 2015 and $215.3 million the year before. Maatman said that federal wage-and-hour lawsuit filings ticked down last year for the first time after rising steadily for 15 years, but that appears to be an aberration.
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