Corporate executives across the U.S. may have breathed a sigh of relief after the U.S. Supreme Court found for Wal-Mart in a sex discrimination case, but some plaintiffs’ lawyers weren’t convinced it would hurt their clients’ cases. Other attorneys disagreed.

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If you want to know why so few women hold executive positions at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., here’s the answer the Walton Institute gives out to management trainees: Women aren’t as aggressive at seeking promotions as men.

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The case of Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes involves a complex set of legal and procedural issues that will determine whether a group of 1.5 million current and former retail store employees can join to form the largest class ever in ...

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Wal-Mart agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by hourly wage employees accusing the world’s largest retailer of failing to make profit-sharing and retirement-plan contributions. The accord resolves a 2007 lawsuit filed by a Wal-Mart worker in ...

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The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is off to its second-worst start, shattering the biggest rally since World War II, as analysts cut earnings estimates by a record 83 percentage points and companies signal worse to come. The benchmark index ...

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., accused of cheating hourly workers and forcing them to work through breaks, agreed to pay as much as $640 million to settle 63 federal and state class-action lawsuits. A settlement last week ends most of the group ...

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