Today the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, the largest employment class action in American history. The Court’s decision will address the standards for certifying a nationwide class action and when a class action for monetary relief can be certified as a mandatory, non opt-out class.
The debate has already begun on the arguments to be made today and what the likely outcomes will be. DRI has joined the debate, and will provide post-oral argument reaction and commentary in an April 5, 2011, web cast entitled "Reaction to Oral Argument in Wal-Mart v. Dukes.” The two presenters are dynamite: Carter G. Phillips, Managing Partner of the Washington D.C. office of Sidley Austin LLP and a frequent Supreme Court advocate, wrote the DRI amicus brief in the Dukes case; and Professor Martin H. Redish, an esteemed law professor at Northwestern University School of Law, has written extensively on class actions.
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