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Wal-Mart Class Action Certification: Interview With Counsel

Here’s some discussion of the recent class action certification of a class of female employees at Wal-Mart subjected to pay inequities from the WSJ Law Blog:

Law Blog Lawyer of the Day: Brad Seligman
Posted by Ashby Jones

Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit affirmed class-action status for a suit alleging gender discrimination in pay and promotion at Wal-Mart. More than 1.5 million past and present female employees of the retailer are included in the suit.

Wal-Mart has said it plans to ask an en banc panel to rehear the case. But for now, the 2-1 decision represents a big win for the co-lead plaintiffs lawyer in the case, Brad Seligman, the founder of the Impact Fund, a Berkeley, Calif., non-profit organization that, among other things, bring “public interest impact litigation.” (keep reading)

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