Wal-Mart Ruling Raises Bar For Class Actions

By Leigh Kamping-Carder (June 20, 2011, 11:51 AM EDT) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday to overturn certification of a class of 1.5 million current and former female Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees in the largest sex discrimination case in U.S. history raised the bar for bringing classwide claims and will force plaintiffs to narrow their class definitions, attorneys say....

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