New York City on Monday filed a derivative suit in Delaware Chancery Court against Wal-Mart alleging that both officers and board members of the company breached their fiduciary duties to shareholders by improperly...
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Federal judge doubts sufficiency of evidence in Wal-Mart case
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California expressed his concern on Friday that the plaintiffs may not have sufficient evidence to proceed with their gender discrimination case against Wal-Mart. Although they...
The Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act: Some Missing Pieces
The Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act: Some Missing Pieces
Arthur Hellman, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; January 4, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnist Sandra Sperino of the University of Cincinnati College of Law says that the frameworks courts currently use to examine employment discrimination cases are too narrow in scope to deal with the type of discrimination alleged in Wal-Mart...
Lawyers representing women who claimed discrimination by Wal-Mart filed an amended lawsuit Thursday narrowing their claims to California stores of the retail giant. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District...
Federal court sets deadline in Wal-Mart gender discrimination suit
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California ordered Friday that a group of women seeking to recover damages from Wal-Mart must file their lawsuits by October 28. The order...
JURIST Guest Columnist Richard Booth of Villanova University School of Law says that courts should stop certifying securities fraud class actions, as they compound the loss to stockholders and other methods could be utilized to deter corporate fraud and more...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in Philip Morris v. Jackson , declining to determine whether a state court erred in certifying a class of smokers...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in Wal-Mart v. Dukes that a group of women seeking to recover damages from Wal-Mart failed to meet the requirements...
Federal appeals court restricts inequitable conduct defense for patent law
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Wednesday restricted the use of the "inequitable conduct" defense for invalidating patents. Inequitable conduct previously allowed the judge to use his or her discretion in...
