Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 30, 2019, Seyfarth Shaw hosted “Top Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation”, an event designed to officially launch the firm’s 15th Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report (“WCAR”). The event’s special guest was Law360 Senior Employment Report Braden Campbell, and also featured an exclusive presentation by WCAR author Jerry Maatman. Over
Law360’s Braden Campbell Presents On The “Top Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation”
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week, we were honored to have Braden Campbell, Senior Employment Reporter for Law360, as our guest speaker for Seyfarth Shaw’s “Top Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation” book launch event. As the official book launch of our 15th Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report, over 1,000 attendees participated in the live event
5 Key Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation For 2018: Trend #5 — The #MeToo Effect Video
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
Illinois Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling Interpreting The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Thomas E. Ahlering, and Alex W. Karasik
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Illinois Supreme Court held in its first ever ruling concerning the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) that a person need not have sustained actual damage beyond technical violations of BIPA in order to pursue claims for damages. The
5 Key Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation: Trend #5 Impact Of The #MeToo Movement
By: Seyfarth Synopsis: Seemingly overnight, the #MeToo movement emerged as a worldwide social phenomenon with significant implications for the workplace and class action litigation. In this age of connectivity, societal movements have unprecedented speed and reach. Traditional means of spreading information and generating social change have been supplemented — if not
5 Key Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation For 2018: Trend #4 Billion-Dollar Downturn Video
By: Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday’s blog posting gave our readers an in-depth look at class action settlement developments in 2018, the fourth trend of this year’s Workplace Class Action Report (“WCAR”). In terms of the top ten largest settlement among substantive areas of class action litigation, the monetary value of major
5 Key Trends For Workplace Class Action Litigation In 2018: #4 Lower Class Action Settlement Numbers In 2018
Seyfarth Synopsis: As measured by the top ten largest case resolutions in various workplace class action categories, overall settlement numbers decreased significantly in 2018 as compared to 2017. After settlement numbers were at an all-time high in 2017, those numbers fell dramatically over the past year. In sum, the ability
5 Key Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation For 2018: Trend #2 Record-High Certifications Video
Seyfarth Synopsis: Our latest blog gave readers a detailed breakdown of the second trend of our 15th Annual Workplace Class Action Report (WCAR), which was class certification rulings in 2018. While Plaintiffs attained noticeably high rates of success in the areas of ERISA and wage & hour litigation this
5 Key Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation For 2018: Trend #2 Class Certification Trends In 2018
Seyfarth Synopsis: As our 2019 Workplace Class Action Report describes, 2018 was quite an interesting year for employers in terms of class certification rulings. Plaintiffs achieved robust numbers of initial conditional certification rulings of wage & hour collective actions in 2018, while employers secured less defeats of conditional certification motions
5 Key Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation For 2018: #1 High-Impact Rulings Video
Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday’s blog closely examined pivotal rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018, which was the first trend of the 15th Annual Workplace Class Action Report (WCAR). Today, we begin the WCAR video series with author Jerry Maatman’s analysis of the Supreme Court’s significant rulings in 2018.