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