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Supreme Court Update
Smith v. Bayer Corp. (09-1205), Turner v. Rogers (10-10) and DePierre v. United States (09-1533)
By Kim Rinehart
Greetings, Court fans! We're slowly digging our way out of the blizzard of recent decisions. This Update will cover: Smith v. Bayer Corp. (09-1205), regarding the preclusive effect of class…
Law and the Workplace
Supreme Court Tightens Class Action Rules, Rejecting Class Composed of 1.5 Million Wal-Mart Employees
In Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, No. 10-277 (U.S. June 20, 2011), the Supreme Court vacated class certification as to 1.5 million current and former Wal-Mart employees who failed to…
Employer Law Report
Wal-Mart v. Dukes: Supreme Court Rejects “Expansive” Gender Bias Class Action In Absence of “General Policy of Discrimination”
The much-awaited decision of the United States Supreme Court is here. Dubbed by Justice Scalia as "one of the most expansive class actions ever," the Supreme Court unanimously reversed the…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Gender Discrimination Class Action Against Wal-Mart
On June 20, 2011, the United States Supreme Court released its widely-anticipated decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, et al., 564 U.S. ___ (2011) ("Wal-Mart"). In Wal-Mart, the Supreme…
The Labor & Employment Law Blog
LAW ALERT: Where Can You Go To Shop And Find Groceries, Clothes, Electronics, And Supreme Court Class Action Victories That Help Employers Nationwide? Wal-Mart!!!
By: Alden J. Parker Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Wal-Mart in its monumental sex discrimination lawsuit brought on behalf of all female employees. The court ruled…
Class Action & Mass Torts
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Ruling In Dukes, et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. – A Win For Employers
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Laura Maechtlen Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited and much anticipated opinion in Dukes, et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. The Supreme…
California Employment Law
Supreme Court Decides Dukes v. Wal-Mart
The Supreme Court announced today its decision in Dukes v. Wal-Mart (pdf). We wrote about this case in April 2010 (when the 9th Circuit allowed the case to go forward) and last September,…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Win for Wal-Mart in Dukes Case
The Supreme Court issued it's opinion today in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, the big class action gender discrimination case, and it's not entirely surprising that the Court reversed the Ninth Circuit's…
Class Action Countermeasures
Supreme Court Hands Loss to Bayer, But Good Opinion to Defendants
By The Editors
Earlier today, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Smith v. Bayer Corp. In a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Kagan, it held that a federal court cannot enjoin a…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Supreme Court decides Smith v. Bayer
By joetort
Today, the Supreme Court decided Smith v. Bayer (opinion here), applying the Anti-Injunction Act to reject a federal court's attempt to control state court class certification.The federal MDL judge in the…