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Groupon sales staff have failed to get class action status for their lawsuit against the firm, which accuses the voucher bazaar of not bothering to pay them for overtime before and after its 2011 IPO. The employees were trying to get all sales workers in on the action by getting class status for the suit, but Chicago judge …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Still around?

    Totally forgot about Groupon. They don't seem very relevant now.

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    1. I ain't Spartacus Gold badge
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      Re: Still around?

      Don't forget them. They're in a race. Which will go bust first? Groupon or Zynga? Place bets now!

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    I personally think there is a small possibility they will both go pop and cancel each other out at the same time in some form of sudo matter anti matter reaction resulting in an output of 0, ie if they both vanished would anyone actually care.

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  3. ecofeco Silver badge

    This might be for the best

    Most class action winners these days only get... coupons instead of real cash.

    Irony, right?

    Individuals suing individually still get real money, albeit, still not much and it takes years to collect, but it's not coupons.

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