Wal-Mart v. Dukes: some early analysis

For more than 30 years, plaintiffs’ counsel and many courts have cited the Court’s opinion in Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin, 417 U.S. 156 (1974) as prohibiting any examination of the plaintiffs’ claims on the merits at the class certification phase. Consistent with the majority trend in the lower federal courts, the Supreme Court’s decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. confirms that a court should consider and resolve

In its day the Eisen case was a milestone in the 1960s-1970s liberalization of class action procedure, and seemed at the time to authorize the plaintiff’s side to dream up all the actions it wanted while the defense side could not block the actions at the certification stage by pointing out that they were bogus on the merits. Russell Jackson bluntly assesses the case’s fate: “Stick a fork in Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin. It’s done!”

* Statistical proofs can’t be used to bypass individualized defenses

The 5-4 opinion seems to pull the teeth from what I have always considered one of the more dangerous Supreme Court opinions, Watson v. Fort Worth Bank and Trust, a 1988 decision which seemed to permit a disparate impact case any time an employer’s promotion practices were subjective (which was every employer) and there was a disparate impact (almost every employer).

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Wal-Mart v. Dukes: some early analysis

If Fox is right, this is a giant step in the right direction, and helps correct a pernicious tendency in modern employment law to pressure large employers into maintaining more centralized (and inevitably more bureaucratic) personnel policies.



Why Government Licensing Prices Poor People Out of Business

"Compare New York City, where a license to own and operate a taxi is $603000, to Washington, DC," George Mason University economist Walter Williams said on my Fox Business show last week. "There are not many black-owned taxis in New York City.



I Google myself, therefore I am | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-06-24

Under cover of darkness, with the shades drawn and the neighborhood fast asleep - save for a red fox making its rounds in search of prey - I went in search of myself. The Google home page stood starkly before me and, like an addict



Sunday Talk: Let's play the feud!

When quizzed by defense lawyer Bobby Segall, Beason said he didn't recall recording the conversation, but he didn't dispute its accuracy. Attendees at today's Republican Leadership Conference were treated to the comedy stylings of Fox News' resident



Mark Braswell's Two Guys Cabaret at Black Fox
Mark Braswell's Two Guys Cabaret at Black Fox

Mark Walter Braswell, Washington lawyer by day, composer by night, has been playing the piano since the age of six, drawn early to standards by the likes of George and Ira Gershwin and Cole Porter. Singers Ryan Burke and Sam Ludwig,




Walter Moore Says: Fox 11 Exposes City Hall Boondoggle: You're ...

And why does the City need a Cultural Director. Are there metrics used to measure her performance - like challenge her to validate her claims that "cultural" tourists spend more than "regular" tourists when they visit LA! What defines a "cultural" tourist? How does our Cultural Director track the amount of money spent within the City limits of LA by one of these "cultural" tourists - hell we can't even track the money spent by City Council members and staff when they go on a boondoggle and they submit expense reports. Do your "cultural" tourists submit expense reports when they leave town? HOGWASH - Come on John, ask her to show us the facts to support her claim.


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Writing the news, a guide for print journalists

Writing the news, a guide for print journalists

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The Washington law reporter

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A history of northwest Ohio, a narrative account of its historical progress and development from the first European exploration of the Maumee and Sandusky valleys and the adjacent shores of lake Erie, down to the present time

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Toronto criminal defence lawyer, Mr. Walter Fox speaks before Toronto Police Services on the topic of how government funded women shelter advocates ...