Contractors Insurance Alert: Construction Defect Lawsuits Rising March 20, 2025 A new report identifying commercial litigation waves likely to pick up steam in 2025 highlights one particular theme that could...
Workplace Class Action Payouts Unexpectedly Grew During Pandemic in 2021 January 14, 2022 The cost of settling workplace class-action lawsuits reached a record high in 2021, defying expectations that the COVID-19 pandemic would...
COVID Lawsuits by State and Key Trends in Workplace Litigation for 2021: Seyfarth January 7, 2021 The coronavirus pandemic contributed to a spike in workplace lawsuits in 2020 and the number is only expected to grow...
McDonald’s Workers in Several Cities Rally Against Sex Harassment September 20, 2018 By Janet McConnaughey McDonald’s workers staged protests in several cities Tuesday in what organizers billed as the first multistate strike seeking to combat...
In 2017, Labor Lawyers Raced to Settle Class Actions Before Trump Effect January 24, 2018 By Rebecca Greenfield While employers across the U.S. paid a record amount in settlements for workplace violations last year, don’t expect this to...
6 Key Trends in Workplace Litigation for 2017 January 13, 2017 The environment for employment litigation has more than ever been shaped by Supreme Court judges and settlements for wage and...
Why Claims Under Americans with Disabilities Act Are Rising October 7, 2016 By Denise Johnson Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title III lawsuits are up 63 percent over 2015, according to law firm Seyfarth Shaw....
Why Wage and Hour Claims Keep Rising December 2, 2015 This was another historic year for federal wage and hour lawsuits. Using data obtained from the Federal Judicial Center, law...
Wage and Hour Claims Among Top Threats to U.S. Employers May 21, 2013 Federal wage and hour lawsuits have reached a surprise record high, according to a report by law firm Seyfarth Shaw...