Analysis: Wal-Mart ruling no knock-out blow for class actions

Reuters

The article discusses the impact of the landmark Dukes v. Wal-Mart ruling and points out that other employment class action suits, such as those involving overtime and wage-and-hour claims are “surviving and may have even been strengthened by the ruling.” According to Allan King, “A lot of the judges are reading the Dukes case narrowly. If they were to read it more broadly, plaintiffs would have to make a much stronger case much earlier in the litigation.”

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