This month, the 9th Circuit upheld a lower court decision making a suit against Wal-Mart the largest employment discrimination class action to go to trial. The Impact Fund, the nonprofit behind the suit, provides funding, training and advice to lawyers who want to bring public interest impact lawsuits in civil rights, poverty and environmental justice. With just three attorneys, the organization is currently involved in litigating six cases, including a gender discrimination class action against Costco.
February 23, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Attorney Brad Seligman was on a hunt to find out whatever he could about Wal-Mart Stores Inc. after hearing about a potential claim of alleged sex discrimination against the retailer in 1999.
“I called up my friend, another attorney, and he immediately said, ‘evil empire,’ ” said Seligman, executive director and founder of a nonprofit group called The Impact Fund, located in Berkeley, Calif. “ Then I called another friend, who is an economist, and he also indicated the same.”
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