According to court files, Wal-Mart has been fined by judges for discovery violations in at least 15 cases during the past three years. This includes a recent $18 million discovery sanction against Wal-Mart in a Beaumont, Texas, case after the judge concluded that Wal-Mart and its Texas attorneys had withheld evidence.
April 26, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
WDWDW. A sign is posted in Wal-Mart’s corporate legal department with those letters, which stand for “What did we do wrong?”-a homey mantra handed down from the company’s legendary founder, Sam Walton.
When Wal-Mart is in the wrong, Sam believed, the company should pay, says Wal-Mart Asst. General Counsel Ron Williams. But when the answer to WDWDW is “nothing,” Wal-Mart fights hard.
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