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Litigation

Dec. 1, 2011

Judge upholds protective order in Wal-Mart case

Plaintiffs in a long-running gender discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. can't modify a protective order governing confidential documents, a federal judge ruled during a hearing Wednesday.


By Jill Redhage


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - Plaintiffs in a long-running gender discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. can't modify a protective order governing confidential documents, a federal judge ruled during a hearing Wednesday.


Lawyers for the plaintiffs had hoped to change the language of the protective order to make it easier for them to share documents with other current and former Wal-Mart employees w...

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