“Wal-Mart Settles Sex Bias Claims, but Class Action Refiled”, 19 Jul 2016

Five female Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees who filed the sex discrimination class action that led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling formally dismissed their individual bias claims after reaching private settlements with the retail giant, the parties said…The named plaintiffs in the original Wal-Mart class action, filed in 2001, reached confidential settlements with the company and stipulated to dismissal of their claims…But six other former Wal-Mart employees July 14 filed a new class complaint alleging the company discriminated against women in pay and promotions...If the district court grants their motion to intervene, the new named plaintiffs would appeal the court's earlier denial of class certification to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit…“This matter has been determined and we don't believe jurisdiction exists to hear the intervenors' claims,” Wal-Mart spokesman Randy Hargrove told Bloomberg BNA July 18…