Overtime ruling could sting community papers.

The article discusses the court case Wang v. "Chinese Daily News" wherein the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that journalists at the newspaper are not exempt from overtime pay. About 200 employees were part of the class-action lawsuit filed in 2004, who claimed they were forced to work 12-hour shifts often without meal breaks. Attorneys involved estimate it will cost the newspaper 5.2 million dollars.