Wal-Mart Wins Largest Ever Class Action Lawsuit

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Well, wins might be a bit of stretch here. More or less, the Supreme Court decided that the couple million claims that Walmart was facing did not actually constitute a class, because there was no unifying thread. Walmart gives a lot of hiring power to its regional managers, and so there really are no national hiring practices... which makes it pretty damn hard to say that there should be a class action lawsuit against the company.

The best news? This is going to screw over hundreds of other ridiculous and frivolous class action lawsuits, and of course future lawsuits. Why do I hate class action lawsuits so much? Well, there are cases which are justified, and this ruling does nothing to those class action suits. What this ruling helps get rid of are the ridiculous suits where tens of thousands or millions of tiny claims which have little relation to each other or often reality are rolled up so that lawyers can make millions. It is quite common in these kinds of lawsuits that the class, even if it wins or gets a settlement, looses money because of the huge lawyer fees. In any kind of settlement, the lawyers get paid millions, and the "class" generally gets some kind of in-kind offer from the company involved. Like the Ford/Firestone rollover case, which was a huge load of crap.

Yet again, my faith in Democracy is undermined by the enduring effectiveness of philosopher kings...

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