Seyfarth Synopsis: In last week's blog posting, we explained to our readers how the #MeToo Movement impacted the class action litigation space in 2018, and accordingly became the fifth trend of this year's Workplace Class Action Report ("WCAR"). Specifically, due to the emergence of this movement via social media, victims of sexual misconduct began coming forward and bringing allegations against numerous well-known figures and companies. In today's finale of the WCAR video series, author Jerry Maatman analyzes this movement in terms of its impact on complex workplace litigation, and discusses how employers should expect this trend to develop in 2019. Watch the video in the link below!
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