The Curious Case of the Missing Comma – Part II

You might remember that last year, I wrote a piece about a legal battle in Oakhurst Dairies of Maine and its drivers. The case was over $10million the drivers said they were owed in back overtime pay, and hinged around a comma missing in law concerting overtime payments made years before.

If you need a refresher, here it is:

The Curious Case of the Missing Comma.

Turns out both sides have agreed to split the difference: in February, the company agreed to pay its drivers $5million to settle the dispute … over a missing comma.

So don’t let anyone ever tell you that punctuation doesn’t matter.

Film review: Bohemian Rhapsody

This was always going to be a tricky one. Bohemian Rhapsody has stumbled and tripped its way to the big screen after one or two well-publicised setbacks (the main one being Sacha Baron Cohen quitting the film over creative differences). I think the glacial gestation has, unfortunately, caused a few problems with the final result: the pacing was uneven, the editing a little strained in places, and I thought that some of the segues used to jump us through time were a little naff in places, and MIA in others.

But you know what? It doesn’t really matter …

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