1776Forever
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Tue Mar-29-11 04:32 PM
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Walmart: Too Big to Sue? Company says it's too big to be sued by 1.5M female employees |
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Walmart: Too Big to Sue? Company says it's too big to be sued by 1.5M female employees By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff Posted Mar 29, 2011 11:33 AM CDT Read about it here: http://www.newser.com/story/115182/walmart-too-big-to-sue.html
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FiveGoodMen
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Tue Mar-29-11 04:34 PM
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1. Then, too big to be allowed to exist. |
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Tue Mar-29-11 04:36 PM
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KansDem
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Tue Mar-29-11 04:40 PM
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3. "All things die that live" |
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Walmart needs to take heed...
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Tue Mar-29-11 04:42 PM
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4. Yeah, the new corporate line, we're too big to sue, we're too big to fail, BUT |
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we're just your average citizen bottom feeder under Citizens United. And the US is, after all, just a subsidiary of ours, so listen up.
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Tue Mar-29-11 04:46 PM
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5. Here are some of the other corporations that back them in this absurd assertion: |
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From the linked article "More than 20 major US companies, including GE, Microsoft and Costco, have filed briefs backing Walmart, saying that they too could face crippling lawsuits if the case is allowed to proceed".
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Tue Mar-29-11 05:09 PM
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too big to fail or too big to sue since corporations are granted 'person' status in legal actions. Therefore, like any other person, they can be sued.
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Tue Mar-29-11 05:48 PM
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7. Too big to sue= they consider themselves above the law. |
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Yea, I think the arrogance of these companies is going to bite them in the behind one of these days, karma is a bitch.
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