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...

After a couple of years on the sidelines, a seven year old, multi-million lawsuit against Wal-Mart by its workers is now back on the clock. On January 8, 2005 Sprawl-Busters reported that a Superior Court Judge in Middlesex County,...

Court United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Writing for the Court Marshall Citation 893 N.E.2d 1187,452 Mass. 337 Parties Crystal SALVAS & another<SMALL><SUP>1</SUP></SMALL> v. WAL-MART STORES, INC. Decision Date 23 September 2008 Docket Number No. SJC-10108.  ...

-- The court overseeing multidistrict litigation over Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s wage-and-hour practices denied a bid to certify classes of employees from four states, writing that resolving the plaintiffs' claims would necessitate particularized inquiries into their respective allegations. On Friday, U.S. District...