Plaintiffs Lawyers to Earn Up to $28M in Risky Wal-Mart Wage & Hour Litigation

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...