Law360, Los Angeles (May 21, 2012, 5:24 PM ET) -- A California federal judge on Monday expressed skepticism about Countrywide Financial Corp.'s arguments that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes requires her to decertify a nationwide class of employees who claim the mortgage originator's subprime unit cheated them out of overtime.
U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton Tucker pushed back against Countrywide's argument that a wide variation in the number of hours worked by class members means they can't meet Dukes heightened bar for class actions, which requires plaintiffs to prove that...
Dukes Might Not Kill Countrywide Workers' Class, Judge Says
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