By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.

Seyfarth Synopsis: At 852 pages, Seyfarth’s 15th Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report analyzes 1,453 rulings and is our most comprehensive Report ever.

Click here to access the microsite featuring all the Report highlights. You can read about the five major trends of the past year, order your copy of the eBook, and download Chapters
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Seyfarth Synopsis: Happy Holiday season to our loyal readers of the Workplace Class Action Blog! Our elves are busy at work this holiday season in wrapping up our start-of-the-year kick-off publication – Seyfarth Shaw’s Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report. We anticipate going to press in early January, and launching the 2019 Report to our readers from our Blog.

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By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.

Seyfarth Synopsis: In its recent article on leading content creators in the legal industry, Attorney at Work cited Seyfarth’s Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report, calling it a “best-in-show report that makes the firm synonymous with class action litigation.”

Attorney at Work, a popular legal blog named in the ABA Journal’s “Blawg 100 Hall
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By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.

Seyfarth Synopsis: In its recent review of Seyfarth’s 2018 Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report, EPLiC called it the “bible” for class action legal practitioners, corporate counsel, employment practices liability insurers, and anyone who works in related areas.

We are humbled and honored by the recent review of our 2018 Annual Workplace Class Action
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By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.

Seyfarth Synopsis: On Monday, March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court focused on two notable class action issues, each with the potential to significantly impact workplace litigation.  In today’s video vlog, Partner Jerry Maatman of Seyfarth Shaw breaks down the importance of class action tolling issues and the concept of “cy pres” settlements for employers.

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 6, 2018, Seyfarth Shaw Partner Jerry Maatman and Bloomberg Law Senior Legal Editor Perry Cooper presented a timely event on “Top Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation Panel Discussion.” The discussions focused on views of cutting edge issues relative to the workplace class action litigation landscape.  With over 1,000 people attending either in person at our
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Seyfarth Synopsis:  In our recent blog on the second workplace class action litigation trend of 2017, we provided our readers with a comprehensive analysis of class certification statistics.   As this year’s Report profiled, court decisions throughout the country resulted in a favorable landscape for employers in terms of defeating certification motions in the decertification process.  In today’s blog, author Jerry
Continue Reading 4 Key Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation For 2017: #2 Class Certification Video

Seyfarth Synopsis:  As our 2018 Workplace Class Action Report describes, 2017 was quite an interesting year for employers in terms of class certification rulings.  Though courts issued many favorable class certification rulings for the plaintiffs’ bar this year, new defense approaches and case law precedents resulted in positive outcomes for employers in opposing class certification requests.  In today’s blog, readers
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Seyfarth Synopsis:  In yesterday’s blog, readers were given an extensive overview of the historically high numbers regarding class action settlements in 2017.  Today, author Jerry Maatman provides his own analysis of these class action settlement numbers in our video blog series.  Jerry highlights the most important markers of 2017, and previews the class action landscape employers may have to adjust
Continue Reading 4 Key Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation For 2017: #1 Class Action Settlements Video

Seyfarth Synopsis:  The monetary value of the top workplace class action settlements skyrocketed in 2017.  Though all-time highs in this category were reached in each of the past three years, this year’s Report found that 2017 saw decidedly higher settlements.  The top ten settlements in employment-related class actions totaled $2.72 billion in 2017, an increase of over $970 million from
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