Wage lawsuits fall, but still near historical highs.

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In 2018, U.S. employees filed 7,494 lawsuits in federal courts relating to wage-and-hour issues. That's down a bit from the previous year, but still running at historically high levels, says a new Seyfarth Shaw annual report. In the past 15 years, wage-and-hour filings have spiked by more than 450%, fueled by the publicity of big verdicts and technology that allows more marketing by plaintiffs' lawyers...