Class Action Settlements Rose, Covid Backlash Looms: Report (1)

Settlements from class actions, as well as payments from government enforcement action, increased in 2020 from the previous year, despite expectations from attorneys that the pandemic would depress the pace of litigation, according to a report from the law firm Seyfarth Shaw.

The Covid-19 pandemic “created new challenges and new laws, which led to new types of workplace issues, new remote-work challenges, and new class theories that are likely to become part of the fabric of complex workplace litigation for years to come,” according to the Seyfarth Workplace Class Action Litigation Report released Tuesday.

Data analyzed by the firm, which ...