Court Says Wal-Mart Must Face Bias Trial
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest private employer, must face a class-action lawsuit alleging female employees were discriminated against in pay and promotions.
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Wal-Mart has been sued in federal court by a man who claims the world's largest retailer discriminates against blacks in 12 Southern states from seeking truck-driving jobs.
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A judge denied class action status for a New York lawsuit claiming Wal-Mart Stores Inc. deprived hourly workers of wages, requiring employees to work "off the clock" before or after their shifts.
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The lawsuit between coupon company Valassis and direct-mail marketer Advo will go to trial in December.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is going on the offensive against detractors in a campaign to deliver "the unfiltered truth" about the world's largest retailer, Chief Executive Officer Lee Scott said in an interview published on Thursday.
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A North Carolina state judge ruled against Wal-Mart Stores Inc  in a tax shelter case where the retailer paid itself rent and later counted that amount as a tax deduction.
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A Middlesex Superior Court judge in Cambridge has certified a class-action lawsuit filed against Wal-Mart Corp. by workers at its North Attleborough store. The order by Judge Ernest B. Murphy allows more than 55,000 workers nationwide to seek redress as a group, according to San Francisco lawyer Carolyn Beasley Burton, who represents the plaintiffs. The lawsuit alleges that Wal-Mart managers ...
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December 30, 2004 -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. female workers who are seeking billions of dollars for discriminatory pay and promotion practices should be able to sue the company as a group, a lawyer representing the employees told a US court.
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The trial of a lawsuit by Walt Disney Co. shareholders who accuse the board of directors of rubberstamping a deal to hire Michael Ovitz
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The largest sexual discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history moved forward against Wal-Mart on Tuesday when a federal appeals court approved class-action status for seven women who claim the retailer was biased in pay and promotions.
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NEW YORK, September 23  - A Mississippi resident has flied a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores (WMT.NYS) alleging that the retail giant discriminates against African-Americans seeking jobs as truck drivers with the company.
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NEW YORK -- Lawyers for Martha Stewart have told a federal appeals court that she suffered a &quot;fundamentally unfair&quot; trial at the hands of prosecutors who incorrectly suggested she was accused of insider trading.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the nation's largest private employer, lost a bid to prevent 2 million current and female former workers from proceeding as a group with sex bias claims in the largest employment lawsuit in U S history.
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A federal judge gave undocumented Wal-Mart Stores contract workers the right to seek out colleagues and form a group to collectively sue the company for unpaid overtime and minimum wage violations.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world's largest retailer, faces a federal probe after the company said a technician intercepted text messages and improperly recorded phone calls with a New York Times reporter.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. must pay $2 million in damages to a former pharmacist who said she was fired from its Pittsfield store after complaining that she was being paid less than her male counterparts.
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Lawyers for Martha Stewart asked a federal appeals court to overturn her conviction for lying about a stock sale, arguing that her trial was &quot;fundamentally unfair&quot; because prosecutors suggested she was accused of insider trading.