Consumer Law
Plaintiffs Lawyers to Earn Up to $28M in Risky Wal-Mart Wage & Hour Litigation
Posted Nov 4, 2009, 02:26 pm CST
By Martha Neil
Although Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay as much as $85 million to settle 39 consolidated wage-and-hour class action lawsuits involving more than 3 million employees, it wasn't at all clear when the litigation began to unfold that the case would be a big winner.
Now a hot litigation practice area, suing employers over unpaid overtime and missed breaks wasn't in fashion five years ago. This fact is reflected in the hefty attorney fees awarded to plaintiffs lawyers Monday by a federal judge in Nevada, as part of the global Wal-Mart settlement he approved, reports the National Law Journal.
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