Wal-Mart Wants Giant Bias Case Tossed

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SAN FRANCISCO - Has Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest private employer, grown too big for the U.S. justice system?

That provocative question is the key to Wal-Mart's defense against a lawsuit filed on behalf of 1.6 million former and current women employees. Lawyers pursuing the class action claim Wal-Mart systematically denied raises and promotions to women and paid them less than their male counterparts.

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Wal-Mart Wants Giant Bias Case Tossed

Wal-Mart denies any pattern of discrimination and has appealed the decision of U.S. District Judge Martin Jenkins to proceed to trial, calling the case "gargantuan," "elephantine" and "unprecedented," among other things.

But what really bothers the Bentonvill...

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