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29 Mar 2011, 1:46 pm
Supreme Court will hear what has been called the largest class-action sex discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history, and one of the most important employment lawsuits in decades--brought by female employees against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. for allegedly neglecting to pay women as much as men, and providing them with fewer opportunities for promotions. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 12:32 pm by Steven G. Pearl
" Deniston notes that several of the justices were bothered by what Justice Kennedy called an inconsistency: the plaintiffs' allegation that "Wal-Mart has a policy of maintaining a common “culture” (the “Wal-Mart Way”) that ensures uniformity throughout its thousands of stores, yet company headquarters gives its local store managers unlimited discretion to decide workers’ pay and promotions, and the… [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 12:04 pm
Supreme Court oral argument in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 10:32 am by Ashby Jones
The question before the court wasn’t whether Wal-Mart discriminated, but rather whether the millions of alleged victims, who worked in 170 job classifications across 3,400 stores, have enough in common that their claims can be fairly decided in single action. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 10:23 am by Joe Consumer
Wal-Mart Stores, the case brought by women alleging massive, company-wide discrimination against the world's largest retailer. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 10:23 am by Joe Consumer
Wal-Mart Stores, the case brought by women alleging massive, company-wide discrimination against the world's largest retailer. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 10:16 am by Steven G. Pearl
ARGUMENT OF THEODORE BOUTROS, REPRESENTING WAL-MART: JUSTICE ROBERTS: [S]o, they've got thousands of stores, and, you know, every week they get a report from another store saying that, you know, there's an allegation of gender discrimination. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 10:12 am by Lyle Denniston
A basic claim of the case — absolutely vital to it, it seems — is that Wal-Mart has a policy of maintaining a common “culture” (the “Wal-Mart Way”) that ensures uniformity throughout its thousands of stores, yet company headquarters gives its local store managers unlimited discretion to decide workers’ pay and promotions, and the two together result company-wide in lower pay and fewer promotions for… [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 9:42 am by Solangel Maldonado
Today the Supreme Court will hear argument in Wal-Mart Stores v. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 7:08 am
Supreme Court will hear argument in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 5:00 am by Kimberly A. Kralowec
Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 4:55 am by CivPro Blogger
The Supreme Court hears argument today in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 4:20 am by Gabe Acevedo
Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Wal-Mart v. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 6:44 pm
"Wal-Mart and workers' rights: The Court holds oral argument Tuesday on a massive class-action case over the workplace policies of the giant discount retailer, Wal-Mart Stores, and their impact on women employees. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 3:07 pm by Joe Tort
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. concerns employment discrimination as opposed to mass torts, it has the potential to change Rule 23(a)'s class certification standard across the board. [read post]