Maryland
will drop Wal-Mart law fight [Baltimore Sun]
Maryland won’t challenge a
federal court decision striking down the state’s “Fair Share” health care act,
ending a two-year effort to force Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to pay more for employee
health care, Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler said Monday.

Md. drops
effort to fine Wal-Mart [Associated Press via Boston Globe]
Maryland is
giving up on a fruitless yearlong effort to charge Wal-Mart Stores Inc. a fine
unless the retailer provides better health benefits to employees.