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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court appears ready to block a massive sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart on behalf of up to 1.6 million women, and that could make it harder for other workers nationwide to bring class-action claims against large employers. The 10-year-old lawsuit, argued in lively exchanges at the court Tuesday, claims that Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest employer, favors men over women in pay and promotions. Billions of dollars are at stake if it is allowed to go forward. The case also could affect the future of other class-action lawsuits that pool modest ...
NEW YORK -- An epic nine-year battle between a million women and the giant retail chain Wal-Mart is likely to play out soon in the august chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court. In what is shaping up as a David vs. Goliath legal showdown, the world's largest private employer will try to shoot down the largest employment discrimination class-action lawsuit in American history. So far the legal arguments have not focused on the issue of discrimination against women at Wal-Mart. First, the question to be resolved is whether the million or so women involved in the case actually constitute a class. ...
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