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Class Action - March, 2012

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• $100M CIGNA Sex Bias Suit Shut Down
• Wal-Mart Sex Bias Plaintiffs Defend Pared Class In New Case
• Blue Cross Michigan Dodges City's Price-Fixing Suit
• NY Judge Axes HuffPo Bloggers' Pay Suit Against AOL
• Ex-AIG CEO Slams US Bid To Toss $25B Suit
• Judge Keeps Investor Suits Over Acadia-PHC Merger Alive
• BP Escapes ERISA Suit Claiming Spill Sank Stock-Heavy Fund
• 8th Circ. Knocks Out Ameriprise Fee Class In Round 2
• Ista Investor Sues To Block $500M Bausch & Lomb Deal
• Judge Won't Toss Ex-NFL Players' Suit Against EA
• Judge Combines Class Actions Over Apple's Siri Ads
• Groupon To Pay $8.5M To End MDL Over Shortdated Deals
• Investor Class Certified On Claims Pfizer Masked Drug Risks
• Apple Wins Arbitration Bid In IPhone 3G Messaging MDL
• 9th Circ. Dismisses TV Bundling Action Again
• Amerigroup Will Pay $4.5M To Settle Sales Reps' OT Action
• Elpida Settles DRAM Price-Fixing Suit For $6M
• M&T Bank Unit Escapes Fraud Action Over Loan Claims
• Facebook Hit With Action Over User Images In Canadian Ads
• Female Publicis Employees Seek Cert. In $100M Bias Suit
• Collecting ZIP Codes To Combat Credit Card Fraud
• Dynegy Coal Deal Flak Buried Stock, Investors Claim
• Reserve Can't Dodge SEC Suit Over Fund Deception
• Pfizer Urges JPML To Combine Zoloft Cases In NY
• Carrier IQ Seeks To Merge Smartphone Privacy Cases In Calif.
• Frequent Fliers Appeal Continental Rewards Suit To High Court
• Adams Golf Investor Tees Off On $70M Sale To Adidas
• Judge Trims Search Data Suit Against Google
• Sleepy's Beats OT Suit By Independent Delivery Drivers
• Mercedes-Benz Escapes Class Cert. In Water Leak Suit
• Class Cert. Denied In Seniors' Annuity Suit Against Bankers
• Defending Class Actions Challenging Mergers
• Massey Can't Nix Stock-Drop Suit Over Mine Disaster
• Archipelago Investor Calls $291M Sale To Plato 'Tainted'
• Quaker Can't Fully Escape False Labeling Suit Over Trans Fats
• Rite Aid Managers Get OT Class Action Revived
• Grant Thornton Can't Ditch Claim Over Refco Audits
• Allstate Escapes Class Cert. Bid In Property Owners' Suit
• Judge Limits Claims In Quest Ageism Suit To NJ Workers
• Ocwen Accused Of Forcing Costly Insurance On Homeowners
• Freddie Mac Investors Lose Class Cert. Bid In Fraud Suit
• E-Trade Inactivity Fee Class Action Trimmed
• 11th Circ. Keeps Door Shut On Cigna Antitrust Claims
• Borrowers Ask 9th Circ. To Revive JPMorgan Loan Fraud Suit
• Microsoft Evades Class Claims In Xbox 360 Defect Case
• Man Vs. Machine: Siri Doesn't Always Do As It's Told
• Must-Have Performance Metrics For Law Departments
• GE, Cardinal Accused Of Manipulating Cardiac Imaging Market
• Quest Investor Sues To Halt $2B Insight Buyout
• Wells Fargo Investors Certified In Securities Contract Row
• Rule 23, FLSA Claims Not Incompatible, 3rd Circ. Says
• Philips, Chunghwa Pay $37M To End CRT Price-Fixing Claims
• Dean Foods, Others Dodge Retailers' Milk Antitrust Class Action
• 2nd Circ. Nails Shut Citigroup ARS Class Action
• Makeup Giants Want Animal-Testing Class Action Nixed
• 7th Circ. Affirms Class Cert. Denial In Allstate Bias Case
• JPMorgan Can't Ditch Force-Placed Policy Action
• Fender, Others Pick At Antitrust Action's Scanty Evidence
• Oppenheimer PE Fund Accused Of Misleading Investors
• 7th Circ. Won't Revisit Class Cert. In Merrill Bias Suit
• Wal-Mart Faces Class Action Over Bogus Joint Health Pills
• Mayer Brown Must Face Claim It Aided Refco Scam
• Deutsche Bank To Pay $33M To End Union Funds' RMBS Suit
• Expert Cleared To See Toyota's Secrets In Brake MDL
• Phone Customers Urge 9th Circ. To Revive AT&T Spam Suit
• Dukes Dooms Clear Channel, Live Nation Monopoly Suits
• Chamber, Defense Attys Tell Supreme Court FLSA Suit Is Moot
• 11th Circ. Maintains Block On Aetna Antitrust Claims
• Deutsche Bank Wasn't Cleared To Foreclose In Ark., Suit Says
• Judge Certifies Class Against Coldwell in $55M Scam
• Mets Owners To Pay $6.5M To End Workers' Madoff Losses Suit
• Calif. High Court To Hear Post-Concepcion Arbitration Case
• Calif. High Court Declines Review Of Visa Damages Ruling
• Deepwater MDL Court Resolves $27M In Victims' Claims
• LexisNexis Can't Escape Claims It Misreported Workers' Info
• Judge Cools Off Conspiracy Claims In Hot Fuel MDL
• GCs Predict Increase In Chemical, Biotech Mass Torts
• Judge Approves Monsanto Radiation Settlement Minus Class
• Zoll Shareholder Files Class Action Over $2B Asahi Sale
• Judge Upholds Class Cert. In Acer Faulty Laptop Suit
• Sara Lee Workers Win Class Cert. In Don-Doff Action
• Pfizer Can't Shake Fraud Suit Over Risky Arthritis Drugs
• Tax Benefits Biased Under DOMA, Calif. Employees Say
• Neutrogena Faces Action Over Quick Wrinkle Reduction Claims
• Yoplait Greek Yogurt Neither Greek Nor Yogurt, Suit Posits
• NYC's Pier Sixty Pays $8.5M To Settle Servers' FLSA Action
• Judge Remands NY's Suit Against E&Y Over Lehman Audits
• Rising Star: Hausfeld's Brian Ratner
• Shareholder Seeks To Ice $703M PE Buyout of Water Park Co.
• Judge Trims Mich. Nurses' Wage-Fixing Action
• Ariz. Utility Dodges Spoiled-Food Class Claims
• Philip Morris Loses Bid To Decertify Smokers Class
• Ex-DOJ, FTC Economist Can't Weigh In On Milk Markets
• Heartland Wins Approval For $1M Hacking Settlement
• Judge Won't Dismiss Individual Plaintiffs' Vivendi Suits
• De Beers Antitrust Ruling Bucks Dukes, High Court Told
• Wal-Mart Says Latest Dukes Class Claims Are Time-Barred
• Request For 2 Trials Shot Down In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• Dukes Ruling Prompts Title Agent Class Decertification
• Honda Owners File Class Action Over Oil-Thirsty Accords
• Yahoo Faces Action For Disclosing Names Of Email Senders
• Daubert At Class Certification: More Is All There Is
• Homebuyers' Bias Suit Against Countrywide Heads To 6th Circ.
• Judge Won't Let Caterpillar Engine Defect Class Emerge
• Hershey Pushes Out Older Workers, Class Action Says
• JPMorgan Settles Action Over Forced Insurance Policies
• Tenants Say Deutsche Bank Fraudulently Evicted Them
• 11th Circ. Pushes M&T Overdraft Case Toward Arbitration
• Rising Star: Skadden's Peter Morrison
• Investors Win Cert. In Ponzi Suit Against Greenberg, Quarles
• Indirect Buyers Fight For Foreign Evidence In LCD MDL
• NY, Calif. Customers Sue Over Google's Privacy Rules
• Judge Tosses Calif. County's Vioxx Class Action
• Ex-Acorn CFO Can't Skirt Suit Over Petters' Ponzi Fraud
• Judge Greenlights Suit Over Goldman's Double-Dealing
• Citing Dukes, Domino's Asks 8th Circ. To Nix Drivers' Cert.
• Fewer Life Sciences Co. Investor Suits Lodged In 2011
• NY Law School Ducks Class Action On Employment Data
• Midas Shareholder Sues To Halt $310M Sale To TBC Corp.
• Pacific Capital Investor Challenges $1.5B Union Bank Deal
• Judge Melds 3 Frito-Lay False Ad Actions In NY
• El Paso: Another Black Eye For Investment Banks
• Ex-Bear Stearns Workers Land $10M Deal Over MBS Buys
• GoDaddy Faces Class Action Over Charges For 'Free' Offer
• Challenges For Digital Cos. In Privacy Bill Of Rights
• Best Buy Dodges Securities Class Action Over Stock Crash
• Indirect Buyers Don't Need In-State Roost In Egg Antirust MDL
• BofA Didn't Breach Fontainebleau Lending Contract, Judge Says
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Cadbury Settlement In Price-Fixing MDL
• Rising Star: O'Melveny's Elizabeth McKeen
• Judge Denies Class For Female Guards In Harassment Case
• Judge Sinks Securities Class Action Against Transocean
• Avon Shareholders Ramp Up FCPA Violation Allegations
• 9th Circ. Clears JPMorgan In Bank's $130M Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-Worker Says Wells Fargo Let Visas Expire, Denied Severance
• High Court OKs Class Arbitration In Jeweler Title VII Suit
• The Time Has Come For Plaintiffs To Put Up Their Dukes
• Morgan & Morgan Adds Milberg Antitrust, Securities Duo
• Benihana Denied Sanctions For Destroyed Docs In OT Action
• Quarles Must Face Claims It Aided $200M Securities Fraud
• LinkedIn Rebuts Claim It Plundered App Users' Contacts
• 5th Circ. Revives Stanford Suits Against Proskauer, Others
• Low Class Cert. Bar Will Keep FLSA Suits In Vogue
• CAA Scripts Strong Finale To TV Writer Age Bias Claims
• Hollywood Studios Dodge Blu-Ray Class Action
• BofA Dodges Class Suit Over 2008 MBS Risk Tally
• Rising Star: Jones Day's Christopher Lovrien
• Multiband Settles DirecTV Techs' Suit Over OT
• Ex-Workers Say Louis Vuitton Skimped On Personal Day Pay
• Class Action Waivers In Employment: Debate Rages On
• Blue Cross ERISA Class Rebuffed By High Court
• Hartford Financial Pays $2M To Settle Retirement Account Suit
• Calif. Court To Mull Whether Privacy Law Covers Online Cos.
• JPMorgan Pays $150M To Settle Pension Funds' ERISA Claims
• 9th Circ. Affirms Denial Of Class Cert. In Aerotek OT Case
• 2nd Circ. Cold On Revival Of Citigroup ARS Action
• 9th Circ. Gives AT&T Another Shot To Arbitrate Class Action
• La. Court Blocks $93M Katrina Insurance Deal For Now
• Kan. Court Says Fed. Limitations Applies To State TCPA Case
• Citibank Pays $2.3M To End Suit Over Military Student Loans
• 9th Circ. Says Pension Summary Flaws Don't Warrant Damages
• Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Scott Glauberman
• Empire State Building Owners Sued Again Over $1B IPO
• $170M Honda Gas Mileage Settlement Gets Final OK
• Judge Upholds Saudi Immunity In 9/11 Damages MDL
• Temptations Ain't Too Proud To Sue UMG For Digital Royalties
• Kohl's Brings End To OT Class Action With Settlement
• In Re Amex: Law, Economics And A Call For Reform
• Judge Says GSA Immune From Property Purchase Claims
• Loan Servicer Aurora Beats Suit Challenging Foreclosures
• Class Action Firm Accused Of Plagiarizing Lawsuits
• Android Users Say Google Doesn't Vet Apps In Store
• Drivers Take DMV Personal Info Sharing Case To High Court
• J-M False Ad Class To Win Cert. In PVC Pipe Action
• Business Groups Back BofA In 9th Circ. Teller Seat Fight
• NY Court Won't Make Ex-Brill Brokers Arbitrate OT Feud
• Ala. Gambling Workers Win Class Cert. In Mass Layoff
• Apple Asks 9th Circ. To Unplug ITunes Antitrust Row
• Employers Beware: Unpaid Interns Ready To Cash In
• Suit Says Warranty Program Encourages Shoddy Repairs
• BP Off Hook In Shareholder Suit Over Prudhoe Bay Spill
• Jamba Juice Smoothie Kits Not 'All-Natural,' Says Suit
• Consumer Not Sweet On Sioux Honey's Pollen-Free Product
• Sur La Table Kept Employees On the Clock, Suit Says
• Fox, Big Ten Say NCAA Athletes Owe $125K In Sanctions
• Nationwide Class Loses Cert. Bid In HP Printer Defect Row
• Water Park Co. Investor Sues to Halt $703M Apollo Buyout
• The Ever-Broadening Reach Of Dukes
• Judge Combines 2 Suits Over Egg Donor Price Caps
• 3rd Circ. Grants Arbitration In Tenet Meal Break Case
• Judge Certifies Classes In Madoff-Linked Funds Suits
• Faruqi Firm Won't Get Lead Role In Roche Takeover Action
• Judge OKs $2M Mutual Of Omaha Death Benefit Settlement
• Fans Slap NHL, TV Cos. With Antitrust Suit Over Blackouts
• Former 'Charlie Rose' Intern Sues Over Lack Of Wages
• AT&T Overbills Contractors For Cable Repairs, Suit Says
• Motorola May Still Be On Hook Over Phone Updates
• Symantec Can't Duck Action Over Antivirus Software Add-On
• Shop-Vac Corp. Accused Of Inflating Vacuum Strength
• Time Warner Customers Seek Refund For Sports Blackout
• 20 More Law Schools Targeted Over Postgrad Job Data
• Judge OKs Chevron ZIP Code Collection At Calif. Pumps
• Sam's Club Shoppers Get Class Cert. In False Service Plan Suit
• ND Landowners Sue Over Mineral Rights For State Oil Leases
• Suit Says Black & Decker Coffeemakers Are Defective
• Contesting Standing Requirement In Data Security Suits
• Fearful Class Rep Flees Facebook 'Like' Ad Action
• Ticketmaster Tells 9th Circ. It's Entitled To $4M Defense
• Calif. Appeals Court Nixes Avis Parking Ticket Fee Case
• CIT Execs Pay $75M To End Investor Row Over Subprime Risks
• Airline Antitrust Preemption Fight Heads To 2nd Circ.
• Coca-Cola Says Making Workers Do Math No Labor Violation
• Ice Co. To Pay $2.7M To Settle With Indirect Purchasers
• Ascentive Pays $9.6M To End Sham Software Class Action
• Injured CalPERS Members Say They're Stiffed On Benefits
• Abercrombie Can't Sit Out Worker's Action Over Seating
• HP Allowed To Contest $9M Freight Price-Fixing Deal
• Judge Threatens KPMG With 6-Month Discovery Limit In OT Suit
• Securities Class Action Deals See Sharp Decline In 2011
• HSBC Took $77M In Payments From Insurers, Suit Says
• Dow Jones Gets Online Subscriber Class Suit Tossed
• Injured Wal-Mart Workers Seek Approval Of $8M Settlement
• Sandoz, Others Escape Faulty Painkiller Patch Case
• Toyota Can't Force Arbitration In Faulty Acceleration MDL
• Proskauer Rose Can't Put Stanford Action On Hold
• Judge Sends Rite Aid OT Dispute To Trial
• Comcast Wrongly Billed Disconnected Customers, Suit Says
• Arm & Hammer 'Natural' Deodorant Ads Spur Class Action
• Judge Leaves Room For Leftovers In Samsung Fridge Suit
• GM Ads For Terrain Could Mislead Drivers, Judge Says
• Merscorp, Others Say Texas Law Precludes Record Fees Suit
• IBM Call Center Class Decertified For Lack Of Commonality
• Apple Critic's Action Calls Siri Ads Misleading
• Frito-Lay To Chip In $2M To End Workers' Commission Row
• Chrysler Can't Escape Defective Exhaust System Class Action
• Calif. County Wants Claims Cut Loose From Plasma MDL
• Atty Says NY Law School Plaintiffs Bitter Over Job Prospects
• Judge OKs Employee Class In Electrolux Don, Doff Suit
• Judge Upholds TCPA In Fight Over Jiffy Lube Spam Texts
• Parents Fail To Keep Suit Over Facebook Kid Ads In Ill.
• Ongoing Challenges To Arbitration Clauses
• Judge Douses Class Action Over Amish Fireplaces
• Panda Express Settles Wage Statement Class Action
• Why Communications Is Key To Merger And Lateral Success
• Ex-Worker Accuses Sanyo Of Wage, Privacy Violations
• Coca-Cola Unit Sued Over 'Misleading' Simply Orange Labels
• Consumers Say 500K VWs Burn Motor Oil Too Quickly
• Investor Won't Give $291M Educational Co. Sale Passing Grade
• Prospects Dim For $105M HuffPo Bloggers Pay Suit
• 9th Circ. Scraps Suit Over Insight Accounting Errors
• Vitamin C Antitrust MDL Headed For October Trial
• Cemex, Others Settle Homeowners' Price-Fixing Action
• Consumers Claim JC Penney Ads Gloss Over Jewelry Quality
• LCD Consumers Worry Joint Trial Will Confuse Jury
• Grant & Eisenhofer Denies Control Over $464M Fee Award
• Time Unit Beats Magazine Subscriber Class In 3rd Circ.
• HSBC Targeted In Force-Placed Insurance Class Action
• Qwest Fee Action Goes To Arbitration
• NCAA Players Slam Sanctions In Antitrust Suit Over Likenesses
• HAMP Participants Have Contract Rights, 7th Circ. Rules
• AEX Drivers Score Class Cert. For Wage Action
• Honda Paints Defect Suit As Bid To Whitewash Warranty
• Case Study: Townsel V. Dish
• Spirit Airlines Accused Of Disguising $2 Fee As DOT Rule
• Senate OKs Sending BP Oil Spill Penalties To Gulf
• Nordstrom's Arbitration Bid Rebuffed In Wage Action
• Kroll Inc. Settles Tech Worker FLSA Suit
• Judge Boots Kid Brands Import Fee Action
• BofA Says Calif. Seating Rule Doesn't Apply To Tellers
• DHL Gets FLSA Class Action Claims Tossed
• Chase Escapes Claims In Flood Insurance Kickback Suit
• State Street Says 6th Circ.'s GM Ruling Undermines ERISA
• Chinese Media Co.'s IPO Wasn't Misleading, Court Hears
• 7th Circ. Delivers Win To Morgan Stanley Over Mail Fee
• Mike Ditka's Restaurant Gets Wage Class Action Punted
• Wells Fargo Trust Recipients Lose Bid For New Trial
• Abercrombie Class Certified In Gift Card Suit
• StubHub Ducks Blame For Sky-High Hannah Montana Tix
• Consumer Class Bid Nixed In Del Monte Monopoly Row
• Sony To Pay $8M To Settle ITunes Royalties Suits
• Mo. Court Holds Arbitration Equal To Other Contract Terms
• Investor Fights Illumina's Poison Pill Against Roche Bid
• Bankrupt Domfoam Settles Claims In Foam Antitrust MDL
• La. Appeals Court Revives Bayer Insecticide Action
• Pfizer, Others Sued By Health Plans Over Copay Coupons
• Calif.'s Deregulation Of Unlisted Phone Fees Upheld
• KeyBank Can Force Arbitration Under Concepcion: 9th Circ.
• NJ Judge Won't Toss Outside Investor Law Firm Suit
• Amgen Seeks High Court Review Of Investor Class Cert.
• Headphone Maker Silences Investors' Embezzlement Suit
• Concepcion Commands A Case-By-Case Analysis
• ConocoPhillips Meal Break Class Survives Cert. Challenge
• Boiron To Pay Up To $12M To End False Advertising Suits
• Boston Cabbies Rev Up Misclassification Action
• Allstate Gets OK For $2.7M Settlement In False Billing Suit
• Judge Pares Claims In Allstate Wildfire Suit
• Farmers To Pay Workers $7M To Settle ERISA Action
• Canada's High Court Sets Date To Hear Key Antitrust Cases
• Cert. Denial Was Error, Aerotek Workers Tell 9th Circ.
• Investors Accusing AIG Of Fraud Ordered To Reveal Sources
• Del. Judge Won't Stay Class Action Over Perfume Merger
• Wal-Mart Says New Sex Bias Action Fails Dukes Standard
• Alexander Wang Running Chinatown 'Sweatshop,' Suit Says
• Judge Flunks Princeton Review Investor's Stock Drop Suit
• TD Bank Escapes Class Action Over Account Freezes
• Credit Card Users Say Chase, Others Aided Apollo Unit Scam
• Mario Batali Gets Waitstaff Wage Action Off Plate For $5M
• 7th Circ. Limits Claims Under Video Privacy Law
• Coventry, Policyholders Agree To $3.3M Deal Over Copays
• 9th Circ. Says Nev.'s BofA Mortgage Suit Belongs In State Court
• Toyota's 1st Sudden Acceleration Trial Set For Nov.
• Mensing Shields Generics Makers In Sprawling Darvocet MDL
• McGuireWoods Seeks Attys' Fees In 9th Circ. Hearing
• LCD Price-Fixing Judge Goes Easy On Indirect Class' Economists
• Immucor To Pay $22M To Stanch Blood Test Antitrust Action
• Software Co. Investor Sues To Block $74M Salient Deal
• Trex Deck Warranty Claim Survives Despite 3rd-Party Sales
• Microsoft Dodges Class Cert. In Zune Defect Suits
• Kraft Sales Reps Sue For Overtime Wages
• Tepco Faces $67B Suit Over Fukushima Meltdown
• Rockwell Collins, Engineers Settle OT Dispute For $1.2M
• 11th Circ. Forces Arbitration In Regions Bank Overdraft Suit
• AK Steel Tells 6th Circ. Its Ex-Workers Gave Up Benefits
• Class Action Says Union Central Runs Pay-To-Play Deals
• Equinix Bests Investor Suit Over $700M Merger Forecasts
• Class Action Targets Unwanted Pizza Hut Text Messages
• Hain Says Federal Law Preempts Calif. Organic Standard
• Novo Nordisk Faces $70M Sales Rep OT Action
• Google Mass Texts Aren't Protected Speech, Judge Says
• Restore Act Would Send More BP Dollars To Gulf States
• Ongoing Deepwater MDL Claims Could Net Feds $21B
• Deepwater's Shake-Up Of Regulatory Landscape To Continue
• Judge Barbier Earns Praise For Shrewd Handling Of BP Case
• BP Settlement Dwarfs Top Product, Toxic Tort Deals
• Toyota Plaintiffs Lack Standing, Groups Tell 9th Circ.
• BP Wants 5th Circ. To Take Up Transocean Insurance Feud
• Calif. Council Merges 13 Cases Over Sutter Health Data Leak
• Credit Suisse Gets Claims Slashed From New Century MDL
• Kardashians Face False-Advertising Suit Over Diet Product
• 7th Circ. Won't Reopen Perkins Coie, Aviall ERISA Dispute
• Chase Denied Arbitration In Financial Advisers' OT Action
• Apple Says Class Lacks Proof Of E-Book Price Conspiracy
• Parsec Gets OK In $3.6M Rail Worker OT Settlement
• Merck Action Didn't Stop The Clock, Va. High Court Says
• Dukes Doesn't Bar Class Cert. In Applebee's Worker Suit
• BP Wants Prior Accident Testimony Barred From Trial
• Ex-AIG CEO's $25B Suit Warps Bailout, US Says
• Pregame Analysis Of Pending NFL Head Trauma Litigation
• BP Settles Private Oil Spill Claims For At Least $7.8B
• Smokers Push 2nd Circ. To Resurrect Philip Morris Suit
• Bimbo Drivers Win Conditional Cert. In Classification Row
• Sharp, Others Can Grill Ex-Dell Worker In LCD Cartel MDL
• 11th Circ. Forces Arbitration In SunTrust Overdraft Action
• Investors Sue Empire State Building Owners Over IPO
• Relief Offer Annuls Nurse's Action, Genesis Tells High Court
• Offshore Oil Workers Take Foreign Hires Case To High Court
• Fees Can't Be Cut After Lodestar Calculation, Fed. Circ. Says
• ConAgra 'All-Natural' Foods Unit Sued Over Added Chemical
• AT&T, Verizon, Others Escape Antitrust Class Action
• Investor Objections Can't Halt Amgen's $1.2B Micromet Buy
• Home Depot Pays $1.6M To Send Vacation Pay Row Packing