Intellectual Property Law

Parents who had been paying $1,425 a month for infant care would see their costs rise to nearly $2,500 ? well above the market rate. For parents with toddlers and preschoolers, who were charged less, the price increases were equally eye-popping. Under the new plan, parents with two kids in Google day care would most likely see their annual day care bill grow to more than $57,000 from around $33,000.

At the first of the three focus groups, parents wept openly. As word leaked out about the company?s plan, the Google parents began to fight back. They came up with ideas to save money, used the company?s T.G.I.F. sessions ? a weekly meeting for anyone who wanted to ask questions of Google?s top executives ? to plead their case, and conducted surveys showing that most parents with children in Google day care would have to leave Google?s facilities and find less expensive child care.

Do you think you know how this story ends? You?re probably guessing that because it involves ?do no evil? Google, Fortune magazine?s ?Best Company to Work For? the past two years, this is a heart-warming tale of a good company reversing a dumb decision.