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Labor & Employment

Jul. 16, 2014

Catherine A. Conway

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP Los Angeles Specialty: high-stakes employment class actions


The legal landscape has shifted since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2011 landmark Wal-Mart v. Dukes decision, which raised the bar for class certification, Conway said.


"We're not seeing plaintiffs getting wholesale early discovery anymore," she added.


Judges are taking their time to consider whether this is an appropriate case for class treatment, and coming up with unique ways to parse out legal and discovery issues.


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