Law, Strategy, and Risk in Commercial Disputes
The U.S. Supreme Court today granted review of a Ninth Circuit ruling that allowed a class of California women to pursue sex discrimination claims against Walmart. Order List, Dec. 6, 2010, at 2.
The Ninth Circuit held en banc that the case could move ahead as a class action under Rule 23(b)(2) on the women's claims…
You sell your company, including its "good will", to a competitor. Your buyer promises in the Purchase Agreement to hire you in a "generally comparable" position and to make you "eligible for participation in the Incentive Cash Bonus Plan". But the contract puts the "amount of the bonus . . . at the discretion of the Salary…