Wal-Mart to Pay $640 Million in Back Wages to Settle 63 Lawsuits

In July 2008 Wal-Mart lost a wage and rest breaks lawsuit in Minnesota that could have cost the company $78 million in unpaid wages and $2 billion in fines. With 63 other similar lawsuits pending in 42 other state...

Google copyright lawsuit, landmark settlement with US publishers

Google has reached a landmark settlement in a copyright lawsuit launched by the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers that could impact the way that copyright law is dealt with online.  The...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from