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MLB Settles Wage Lawsuit with Minor Leaguers for $185 Million

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Major League Baseball agreed to pay $185 million to minor leaguers to settle a federal lawsuit alleging violations of minimum wage laws, a case that dragged on for eight years without a trial. According to a filing by Brian Kriegler, the players’ damages expert, an early estimate is that approximately 23,000 players could share the… Continue reading MLB Settles Wage Lawsuit with Minor Leaguers for $185 Million