Labor/Employment
Aug. 23, 2013
How to defend regional class actions
So what are an employer's best practices when faced with a smaller putative class action? By Kenneth Sulzer and Laura Reathaford
After the U.S. Supreme Court refused to certify a nationwide class of women who claimed that Wal-Mart discriminates against them in making pay and promotion decisions, smaller, regional Wal-Mart class actions were filed in many jurisdictions. In California, where the Dukes v. Wal-Mart case originated, a Northern District of California court recently refused to certify a smaller class, finding the plaintiffs' clai...
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