Litigation

Ninth Circuit orders rehearing of biggest-ever class action certification

By Lori Bauman

The Ninth Circuit last week ordered en banc rehearing of the landmark class certification in Dukes v. Wal-Mart.  The order comes two years after a three-judge panel approved the largest class in history, consisting of 1.5 million current and former female employees of Wal-Mart.  The lead plaintiffs claim that Wal-Mart has discriminated against women in making promotions.  A 15-judge panel will now decide whether the district court properly certified the class.  See our earlier coverage of the case here.

Full post as published by Northwest Business Litigation Blog on February 17, 2009 (boomark / email).