Know Your Opponent Before You're in the Room
When a PAGA notice or class action complaint arrives, information asymmetry is expensive. The Scaled Comp Vector Index™ gives defense counsel and in-house legal teams a structured intelligence report on the opposing plaintiff firm — quantifying real PAGA and class action settlement exposure before strategy decisions are made.
Firm Profile
Structured, litigation-ready, delivered as a professional document.
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The Problem
Most defendants walk into their first PAGA mediation without a clear picture of who they're dealing with — or what cases like theirs actually settle for.
A PAGA notice or class action complaint triggers immediate questions that are rarely answered quickly: What does opposing counsel actually settle for in PAGA cases? In class actions? How do those numbers scale to my workforce? Who do they mediate with, and what do those sessions produce?
Without that information, PAGA and class action exposure estimates are guesswork and settlement strategy is reactive. Defense counsel negotiates at a disadvantage. In-house legal teams can't set accurate reserves. Employers make decisions without knowing whether they're looking at a typical case or an outlier.
The data to answer these questions exists. It's embedded in years of public court records and settlement filings — across hundreds of PAGA and class action matters. Scaled Comp extracts, structures, and delivers it before strategy decisions are made, not after.
What You Receive
Every Firm Profile is structured around the metrics that matter most at the moment a PAGA notice or class action complaint arrives — grounding exposure assessment in what this firm has actually settled, not theoretical statutory maximums.
Median & Trimmed Settlement Amounts
What PAGA and class action cases against this firm realistically resolve for, stripped of outlier distortion. We report both median and trimmed mean (excluding top and bottom 5%) so you see where most cases land — not a number skewed by a single large outlier.
Per-Pay-Period Value (PAGA)
The normalizing metric for PAGA exposure. By dividing settlement amounts by pay periods at issue, this figure lets you quickly size what a PAGA claim against your workforce might realistically look like — before a formal damages model has been built.
Per-Workweek Value (Class Actions)
The class action equivalent. Workweeks are the standard denominator in class damages models, and per-workweek settlement values from comparable cases give defense teams a realistic anchor for early reserve-setting and negotiation positioning.
Also Included in Every Profile
Settlement Band Distribution
How cases cluster across bands — under $100K through $5M+ — so you can see where in the range most matters land and identify the firm's typical resolution pattern.
Mediator Preferences
Which mediators this firm returns to most frequently, including case counts. Understand who they're comfortable with before mediator selection becomes a negotiating point.
Statistics on Opposing Counsel
Information about the types of settlements opposing counsel has agreed to — including cases under $100K, between $100K–$500K, and above. Also identifies what percentage of the time opposing counsel brings only PAGA cases versus combined PAGA and class actions.
Comparable Case Examples
Similar matters with settlement amounts, employee counts, and coverage periods for benchmarking.
Sample Profile Data
Every report delivers this level of specificity for your target plaintiff firm. The numbers below are illustrative — derived from publicly available court records — showing the kind of structured intelligence you receive.
Per-pay-period and per-workweek values let you model exposure against your actual workforce size immediately, without waiting for a formal damages analysis.
Sample Plaintiff Firm
Illustrative data only. All figures derived from publicly available court records. Not legal advice.
Who This Is For
Built for the people responsible for managing PAGA and class action exposure.
Employment Defense Counsel
Enter every PAGA or class action matter with a clear picture of the opposing firm's litigation behavior. Settlement benchmarks, per-pay-period and per-workweek values, mediator tendencies, and defense firm history — surfaced before the first meet-and-confer.
In-House Legal Teams
Set accurate PAGA and class action reserves early and brief leadership with defensible numbers. Per-pay-period and per-workweek values let you model exposure against your actual workforce size without waiting weeks for outside counsel analysis.
Employers & Risk Teams
Understand what a PAGA or class action claim from this firm actually looks like before committing to a strategy. Know whether your case resembles the firm's typical matter — and what that means for realistic exposure.
Pricing
Size your PAGA and class action exposure before mediation does.
Firm Profile
Single Plaintiff Firm
Per report · One plaintiff firm
- PAGA & class action settlement statistics with trimmed mean & IQR
- Per-pay-period value (PAGA) & per-workweek value (class actions)
- Mediator preferences & case counts
- Statistics on opposing counsel
- Comparable PAGA & class action case examples
Complete Litigation Profile
Firm Profile + Mediator Report (3 mediators + plaintiff firm filter)
Bundle · The complete intelligence picture
- Everything in the Firm Profile
- Mediator Intelligence Report (up to 3 mediators)
- Plaintiff firm filter on all mediator metrics
- Side-by-side mediator comparison
- Vector Index™ benchmark for each mediator
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Every report covers both PAGA and class action settlement data — structured, litigation-ready, and delivered as a professional document. You'll enter the plaintiff firm name at checkout.
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Order Firm Profile — $10,000About the Scaled Comp Vector Index™ — Data Coverage & Limitations
The Scaled Comp Vector Index™ is built from settlement and case filing data collected from publicly available sources, including court records and government filings. The Index currently reflects data indexed primarily from calendar years 2024 and 2025.
Coverage is not complete. The Index does not represent a comprehensive universe of PAGA or wage and hour class action settlements across all time periods, courts, or jurisdictions. Settlements that are not publicly reported, or that have not yet been indexed, are not reflected.
Data accuracy is not guaranteed. Information collected from third-party sources, including courts and government filings, may be incomplete, out of date, subject to revision, or inaccurately transcribed.
Reports are point-in-time. Each report reflects a snapshot of indexed data as of the date of delivery. Reports are not updated following delivery.
No warranty of completeness or accuracy. Scaled Comp makes no representation that the Index or any report is complete, current, or error-free. Use of information contained in a report is at the purchaser's own risk and does not substitute for independent legal or factual research.
This disclosure is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Consult qualified employment counsel for guidance specific to your matter.