Seyfarth’s annual Workplace Class Action Report was featured in "New Report Examines Trends in Wage and Hour Class Action Suits, Settlements," a January 23 story by HR Daily Advisor. Authored by Gerald Maatman, this year’s report analyzed 1,331 class action rulings on a circuit-by-circuit and state-by-state basis to capture key themes from 2016 and emerging litigation trends facing U.S. companies in 2017. Maatman said that the U.S. Supreme Court decided several cases in 2016 that favored workers bringing class actions, which in turn portend significant challenges for employers facing these exposures in 2017.
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