Justices accept appeal over Wal-Mart gender pay lawsuit
"The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether to certify the largest class-action employment lawsuit in U.S. history, a long-standing dispute against mega-retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. over alleged gender bias in pay and promotions.
The case would be among the biggest of the current term, and could establish binding standards over high-stakes liability involving employers large and small.
The justices announced Monday they had accepted the Arkansas-based company's appeal in a case of corporate versus worker rights, and will hold oral arguments next spring. A divided 6-5 ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this year had allowed the combined, multiparty litigation to move ahead to one trial, where a verdict against the company could result in billions of dollars in damages."
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