[mikeash]

Until recently, interns slipped through the cracks somehow. A recent court decision determined that interns actually aren't magically exempt from the law just because they're interns, though, so expect a lot fewer unpaid internships from now on.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/unpaid-internships-jeopardy-a...

[judk]

The determination wasn't new, that was just a high profile instance of a successful suit.