This summer, the Supreme Court will rule whether to allow the district court certification of the class action gender bias case against Wal-Mart. (see docket: 10-277) While much of the attention has focused on the enormous size of the class, the impact of the case is likely to be felt across a range of class action and employment discrimination cases, says Pauline Kim, JD, the Charles Nagel Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis and employment law expert. According to Kim, the case hinges on the rules governing certification of class actions. “If the Supreme Court raises...
