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The Boeing Co. has agreed to pay $72.5 million to thousands of women to settle a class action action sex-discrimination lawsuit. The payout, revealed in documents filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle, is the maximum allowed under a settlement agreement that won preliminary approval from a federal judge last year.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in Northern District Court of Illinois against Rossi Real Estate Corporation. The case involves violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. No additional information about the substance of the allegations is available at this time. Classactionamerica.com will monitor this case and provide additional details as soon as they become available.

A collective action has been filed in Louisiana against the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. The action is brought on behalf of all former and current employees who have worked in excess of 40 hours a week, but who have not been paid overtime by East Baton Rouge. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and is seeking back pay, statutory and liquidated damages. As a collective action, all potential claimants are required to "opt-in" to the action in order to be considered eligible claimants. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Middle District Court of Florida against Lowe's Companies, Inc., a North Carolina based home improvement store with 1,000 stores in 45 states, for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Class members seek an order enjoining the Company from continuing their current pay policies, compensatory damages, attorney's fees, interest and costs.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Middle District Court of Florida against Global Executive Mortgage, Inc., a Florida-based mortgage company, for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. Class members seek unpaid minimum wages, overtime compensation, damages, attorneys' fees and costs of the litigation.

A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against Jupiter Animal Hospital, Inc. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former employees, who since April 2001, were not paid proper statutory overtime for all hours worked beyond 40 per week. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks statutory and liquidated damages as well as declaratory and injunctive relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants are required to "opt-in" to the action in order to be considered part of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential class members.