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• Seattle Law Firm Tousley Brain & Stephens Announces Large Class Action Developments against Wal-Mart

  - 2007-11-30

  More Than 75,000 Current/Former Employees of Washington Stores Receive Class-Action Notice in Mail

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• Former Maryland Wal-mart workers lose class-action bid

  - 2007-07-02

  A pair of former employees at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores in Maryland who claimed they were deprived of promised work breaks must pursue their claims individually, not in a class action, the Court of Special Appeals has affirmed.

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• Mo. Court of Appeals upholds Wal-Mart class action

  - 2007-06-13

  Workers from 128 Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores across Missouri do make up a class, an en banc appeals panel found.

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• Drivers Get Class-Action Status in Wal-Mart Suit

  - 2007-05-21

  A federal judge in Little Rock, Ark., has granted class-action status to over-the-road Wal-Mart truck drivers who have alleged in a lawsuit that the company used racially discriminatory hiring practices.A federal judge in Little Rock, Ark., has granted class-action status to over-the-road Wal-Mart truck drivers who have alleged in a...

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• U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce(TM) Joins Fight in Landmark Women's Class Action Suit Against Wal-Mart

  - 2007-03-28

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• Demand for EPLI may grow due to class action.(News)(employment practices liability insurance)

  - 2007-03-05

  Byline: JUDY GREENWALD Experts say employers are likely to face more efforts to bring class action lawsuits in light of last month's order by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals certifying as a class more than 1.5 million women who worked at Wal...

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• Court OKs class action suit against Wal-Mart

  - 2007-02-21

  Court OKs class action suit against Wal-MartWal-Mart discriminationI think that it is about time,maybe this will finally be thoroughly looked into. I know that I was supposed to be contacted about an ongoing case and have not heard from anyone. Am I surprised ? NO !I am currently...

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• Companies urged to examine employment practices.(News)(cases on employee discrimination)

  - 2007-02-12

  Byline: Judy Greenwald The class certification approved by a federal appellate court of 1.5 million current and former female Wal-Mart Stores Inc. workers is the largest U.S. employment class action ever, but the ruling breaks no new legal ground, Byline: Judy Greenwald ...

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• WAL-MART CLASS ACTION.(News)(cases of farmer female employee)(Brief article)

  - 2007-02-12

  Plaintiffs: Class could include more than 1.5 million current and former female employees at one or more of Wal-Mart's 3,400 stores in 41 regions since 1998 Charges: Women employed by Wal-Mart are paid less than men in comparable positions, despit Plaintiffs: Class could...

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• Biggest-ever bias suit may fuel tort trend; More class actions expected to flow from Wal-Mart ruling.(Betty Dukes vs. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)

  - 2007-02-12

  Byline: JUDY GREENWALD SAN FRANCISCO-Employers are likely to face more class action lawsuits as the result of a federal appellate court decision that grants class action status to a sex discrimination lawsuit brought against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Byline: JUDY GREENWALD ...

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