Steven Musil, writing for CNET:

The decision filed Saturday by US District Court Judge William Alsup in San Francisco frees Apple from having to compensate more than 12,000 current and former employees at 52 stores throughout California for time spent waiting to have their bags searched when they went on breaks and at the end of their shifts over a six-year period.

In his ruling, Alsup said employees were free not to bring a bag to work, thus avoiding the search process.