Maryland abandons its effort to fine Wal-Mart
Winston-Salem Journal
April 17, 2007
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland is giving up on a fruitless yearlong effort to fine Wal-Mart Stores Inc. unless Wal-Mart provides better health benefits to employees.
Attorney General Douglas Gansler said yesterday that Maryland will not appeal a second federal ruling rejecting the state’s law that would require big employers to spend a certain amount on health benefits or pay the difference to the state.
The way that Maryland’s law was written, only Wal-Mart would have been affected, and an industry group including Wal-Mart effectively argued that Wal-Mart was unfairly singled out in violation of federal laws.
Gansler said in a statement yesterday that an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court is unlikely to succeed.
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Winston-Salem Journal
April 17, 2007
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland is giving up on a fruitless yearlong effort to fine Wal-Mart Stores Inc. unless Wal-Mart provides better health benefits to employees.
Attorney General Douglas Gansler said yesterday that Maryland will not appeal a second federal ruling rejecting the state’s law that would require big employers to spend a certain amount on health benefits or pay the difference to the state.
The way that Maryland’s law was written, only Wal-Mart would have been affected, and an industry group including Wal-Mart effectively argued that Wal-Mart was unfairly singled out in violation of federal laws.
Gansler said in a statement yesterday that an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court is unlikely to succeed.
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