The Wal-Mart class-action-lawsuit decision by the Supreme Courtlast week was a likely “strong-blow to the plaintiffs' class actionbar,” according to attorneys at an international law firm.
In the decision, the Supreme Court narrowed substantively thegrounds on which class action status can be sought, whatever theissue, lawyers say.
The ruling that the lawsuit brought against Wal-Mart was toobroad to be classified as a class-action was unanimous.
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