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Labor/Employment

Sep. 25, 2012

Dukes v. Wal-Mart evades dismissal motion

A long-running gender discrimination class action against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. cleared an important procedural hurdle in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Friday.

By Laura Hautala
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A long-running gender discrimination class action against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. cleared an important procedural hurdle in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Friday.

Judge Charles C. Breyer denied a motion to dismiss the amended lawsuit, which is a narrower version of the suit for which the Supreme Court denied class certification in 2011. Betty Dukes et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 10-CV-277 (N.D....

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