Congratulations to our Associate Attorney Crystal Yagoobian and Partner Shawn Khorrami, published in this months' issue of The Advocate, Employment & Labor Law Issue..jpg)
Their article, "Maintaining your Wage-and-Hour Class Action in State Court" can be found on page 22.
New articles on Product Liability, Fair Employement and Food & Drug Safety:
- Recall of "Toxic Waste" brand candy for being, well, Toxic ! article by Brandon Brouillette
- FDA Sets new limits of Acetaminophen in prescription drugs, article by Andrew Brown
- Employers Discriminate in New Ways and Against new Targets, article by Katie McSweeney
- Who Wouldn't Rather Sit than Stand? Employers should provide you with seating!
- Think Twice before sending E-mails from Work, article by Corina Valderrama
- Glaxo Smith Kline puts adise a few Billions to cover Avandia Litigation costs, article by Tommy Sands
An editorial run online yesterday at nytimes.com as well as in print in today's New York Times, addresses Wal-Mart's pending petition for Supreme Court review of the 9th Circuit's April ruling affirming class certification of the largest employment class in U.S. history. The class is comprised of over 1 million women who have worked for Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer, throughout the last decade, and allege they have experienced ongoing gender discrimination in relation to equal pay and promotions.
The editorial notes that seeking Supreme Court review is likely a savvy legal move by Wal-Mart given the Supreme Court's tendency to show favor to large corporations, while also opining that a full hearing of Wal-Mart's allegedly discriminatory employment practices is in order. Thus far, the battle between the behemoth corporation and the class has been strictly limited to whether class treatment is appropriate, and sadly it remains to be seen whether the underlying merits of the plaintiffs' claims will ever be heard on a class-wide basis.
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