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November 27, 2012

Merchants to appeal preliminary ruling in proposed interchange settlement

On Tuesday, a majority of named class plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to challenge a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York granting preliminary approval to a proposed settlement of a long-standing antitrust class action filed by merchants against Visa, MasterCard and the largest banks.

November 9, 2012

NRF: Proposed swipe fee settlement ‘benefits no one’

Lawyers representing the National Retail Federation and many of the nation’s most prominent retail companies are set to appear in court today to ask a federal judge to reject a proposed class-action settlement of an antitrust lawsuit over the $30 billion a year in credit card swipe fees charged by Visa and MasterCard.  

October 17, 2012

Judge dismisses Texas civil-action suit claims against Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will not face class-action gender-discrimination claims in a federal court lawsuit in Texas, Bloomberg reported.

August 22, 2011

Court gives women in Wal-Mart class action suit time to file individual lawsuits

The women who were part of the large class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores have been given until Oct. 28 to file individual lawsuits against the company, a U.S. judge ruled, Reuters reported.

June 20, 2011

Supreme Court blocks massive job discrimination suit against Wal-Mart

In a ruling that may mean new limits on class-action suits, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled for Wal-Mart Stores in the largest sex-discrimination lawsuit in history as it put the brakes on a massive job discrimination lawsuit against the chain.

June 20, 2011

Supreme Court Ruling on Wal-Mart: A Win for Employers

By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Laura Maechtlen, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

April 28, 2011

Retailers beware or rejoice?

By Jim McNeill and Gary K. Brucker Jr., McKenna Long & Aldridge

December 6, 2010

Supreme Court to hear Wal-Mart appeal in gender bias case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether to certify the largest class-action employment discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history ...

October 20, 2010

Wal-Mart discrimination case plaintiffs seek to block review

According to a Bloomberg report on Thursday, female plaintiffs in the sex discrimination case against...