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1 Jun 2011

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US Supreme Court decision re Wal-Mart - commentary

On 20 Jun 2011, the US Supreme Court reversed an appeals court's decision to allow a gender discrimination lawsuit to go forward as a class action on behalf of potentially a million current and former employees. The following articles provide some analysis of the ruling: [includes material from AP, Atlantic, DiversityInc, Forbes blogs, Guardian (UK), Huffington Post, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, New York Times, Time, US Chamber of Commerce, Washington Post]