Will New Statewide Class Actions Against Wal-Mart Pass The Supreme Court’s Dukes Test?

American Lawyer | Nov 02, 2011:  The U.S. Supreme Court may have stopped a nationwide gender discrimination class action against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., but it didn’t stop the plaintiffs‘ lawyers. Last week they filed two statewide class actions in California and Texas, claiming that the retailer gave lower pay and fewer promotions to thousands of female employees.