Article: Laid off Valiant workers can keep their signing bonuses.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

We in the media justly get plenty of heat for all the things we do wrong, but every now and then we get a chance to help the little guy.

Guys like John Schuett and Andrea Montovani, who lost their jobs during layoffs at San Jose's Valiant Networks a few months ago, then got word that Valiant wanted them to return their signing bonuses. The telecom consulting firm even threatened to call in a collection agency.

Schuett, Montovani and former colleagues in the same boat got good news Monday: They'll get to keep their money after all.

And, in an ironic twist that some might call karmic, Valiant has gone belly up and is being liquidated.

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