Duane Morris Class Action Review - 2023 - Report - Page 14
The plaintiffs’ class action bar scored rich settlements in virtually every area of class
action litigation. The following provides the overall total of the top 10 most lucrative
settlements in each of these areas:
$50.32 billion – Products liability class actions and mass tort
$8.596 billion – Consumer fraud class actions
$3.729 billion – Antitrust class actions
$3.254 billion – Securities fraud class actions
$1.31 billion – Civil Rights class actions
$896.7 million – Privacy class actions
$597 million – Employment discrimination class actions
$574.55 million – Wage & hour class and collective actions
$404.5 million – Government enforcement actions
$399.6 million – ERISA class actions
$719.21 million – Data breach class actions
$210.11 million – Fair Credit Reporting Act class actions
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