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Litigation

Aug. 12, 2014

Judge denies EEOC discovery request in litigation against Wal-Mart

A judge denied a request last week by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for confidential discovery files related to a class action case brought against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. over gender discrimination allegations.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A federal magistrate judge denied a request last week by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for confidential discovery files related to a seminal class action brought against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. alleging gender discrimination.


U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline S. Corley found that, while discovery sharing requests in parallel litigation were often granted for efficiency reasons, preliminary EE...

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