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Litigation

Mar. 1, 2012

Newspaper carriers reach settlement

Attorneys announced a $15.5 million settlement Tuesday in a long-running case against the Orange County Register.

By Saul Sugarman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Attorneys announced a $15.5 million settlement Tuesday in a long-running case against the Orange County Register, a daily newspaper in Southern California. The paper's parent company, Freedom Communications Inc., agreed to pay the settlement to the Register's former delivery drivers, who alleged they were denied benefits when the company classified them as independent contractors, rather than employees. The company had agreed to pa...

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