Days in court on the rise

As a result of the COVID-19 crisis, filings of class-action lawsuits are expected to rise sharply, according to the most recent edition of an annual survey conducted by Carlton Fields, a national law firm with an office in Tampa. 

Already, some 560 class-action matters had been filed by the end of May, the firm says in a press release. Spending on legal services related to class-action suits had been on the rise for the past five years as well, and the trend is expected to continue unabated as the coronavirus pandemic fundamentally alters the way many companies operate.