A California magistrate judge on Tuesday sent a high-stakes wage fight between minor league baseball players and Major League Baseball to settlement talks, on the same day the court continued a pretrial hearing in the class and collective action, which is scheduled to head to a federal jury June 1.
An Illinois federal judge has awarded more than $55 million in fees to class counsel who've settled direct purchasers' chicken price-fixing claims against some major producers including Tyson Foods Inc., applauding their "exemplary" performance in a case they pursued without full confidence they'd succeed.
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