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Annual Workplace Class Action Report by Seyfarth Shaw Concludes That Wage & Hour Collective Actions Outpaced All Other Types Class Actions in 2005.
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February 13, 2006
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Second Annual Survey Examines All Workplace Class Actions Litigation Rulings on a Circuit-by-Circuit and State-by-State Basis
CHICAGO, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- An annual report by national law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP examining all class action rulings by federal and state courts involving workplace issues concludes that wage & hour litigation outpaced all other varieties of class actions in 2005 and accelerated from past years, especially at the state court level. The Seyfarth Shaw report is unique in that it is the only national report in existence of such class action rulings. Organized on a circuit-by-circuit and state-by-state basis, the report analyzes all 209 rulings ...
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