The number of companies reporting an active, putative class action related to COVID-19 is down by almost half. Corporate counsel in this year’s 2023 Carlton Fields Class Action Survey report that workforce and regulatory issues, and employee activism, are taking the place of COVID-19-related issues on their docket. Of the remaining pandemic-related class actions, half are employment claims related to wage and hour, discrimination, and hybrid work policies.
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