DENIED! – Plaintiffs Fail To Effectively “Reboot” Class Claims And Class Certification Is Denied (Again) In Dukes v. Wal-Mart

As our loyal blog readers are aware, following their stinging defeat before the U.S. Supreme Court in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541 (2011), plaintiffs’ counsel rebooted their claims in a fourth amended complaint alleging class-based gender discrimination claims with very important changes aimed to address deficiencies identified by the U.S. Supreme Court as barriers to class certification. We discussed Wal-Mart’s motion to dismiss the fourth amended complaint here and here, Wal-Mart’s request for certification of an interlocutory appeal here, and interim discovery issues here. 

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