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Roundtable-Employment Law

Nov. 1, 2011

Labor and Employment

PARTICIPATING FIRMSFenwick & WestGoldstein Demchak Baller Borgen & DardarianLittler MendelsonMiller Law Group Rutan and Tucker

The U.S. Supreme Court's historic ruling in Dukes v. Wal-Mart this year has been the subject of intense debate in labor and employment law firms. Speculation that class action claims would drop off precipitously has not borne out, and instead filings have increased by 10 percent since the ruling. Plaintiffs that once may have banded together in a nationwide class action may now file regionally-based complaints, presenting something of a Faustian bargain for the defense:...

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