div class=entrydiv class=articlepThe Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned a massive sex discrimination lawsuit on behalf of at least 500,000 women claiming that Wal-Mart favors men over women in pay and promotions./ppThe justices suggested that they are troubled by lower court decisions allowing the class-action lawsuit to proceed against the world's largest retailer./ppJustice Anthony Kennedy, often a key vote on the high court, said he is unsure what the unlawful policy is that Wal-Mart engaged in to deprive women of pay increases and promotions comparable to men./ppBillions of dollars are at stake in the case. Class actions create pressure on businesses to settle claims and create the potential for large judgments./ppWal-Mart denies it discriminates against its female employees./ppBut Joseph Sellers, the lawyer for the women, said that lower courts were persuaded by statistical and other evidence put forth so far in the 10-year-old lawsuit./ppSellers said a strong corporate culture at Wal-Mart's Bentonville, Ark., headquarters that stereotyped women as less aggressive than men translated into individual pay and promotions decisions at the more than 3,400 Wal-Mart and Sam's Clubs stores across the country.
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