Wage and Hour claims are, today, somewhat of a hot commodity in the legal process. These lawsuits were, to a large degree, trail blazed by an innovative attorney named Robert Bonsignore who sued retail giant Wal-Mart in a class action wage...

Wal-Mart has agreed, in a class-action suit settlement, to pay out as much as $85 million to employees across the country who filed suit against the company for unfair labor practices. U.S. District Court Judge Phillip Pro approved the...

At least 15,000 purchasers of chewing tobacco in Massachusetts could be eligible for a piece of a $10.65 million class action settlement with U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., according to a lawyer for plaintiffs who sued the company. The plaintiffs’...

In multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing in the chocolate industry, a federal judge has agreed to allow a group of chocolate makers to immediately appeal a recent ruling that the plaintiffs' claims had sufficiently cleared a hurdle put in...

Wal-Mart Stores, the nation's largest retailer, said Tuesday that it would pay up to $640 million to settle some 63 wage-and-hour lawsuits that accused it of forcing employees to work off the clock and go without meal and rest...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. must contend with a class of 67,500 workers alleging the discount giant shorted their wages and forced them to work through meal and rest breaks, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Circuit ruled Tuesday. The Massachusetts high court...