Wal-Mart
Man With Rifle and Bulletproof Vest Creates Chaos at Missouri Walmart
A man who showed up to a Missouri Walmart Thursday afternoon with a bulletproof vest and loaded rifle was intending to “cause chaos,” according to police who arrested the man.
Read moreWalmart Settles Brazil Corruption Case for $138M
Walmart has agreed to fork over roughly $138 million in criminal penalties to settle claims by the Justice Department that one of its subsidiaries in Brazil paid a “sorceress” over $500,000 in bribes to make permitting problems go away.
Read moreWalmart Heirs’ Money Influences Black Charter Schools Debate
Amid fierce debate over whether charter schools are good for black students, the heirs to the Walmart company fortune have been working to make inroads with advocates and influential leaders in the black community.
Read moreBaltic Countries Want Walmart to Remove Soviet-Themed Shirts
Three Baltic countries have lashed out at retail giant Walmart for using the letters USSR and Soviet Union emblems on T-shirts and other products for sale online, and are demanding that the goods be removed.
Read moreWalmart, Farmers Face Lawsuit Over Tainted Lettuce
Consumers slapped Walmart, Sam’s Club and Taylor Farms, one of nation’s largest producers of salad greens, with a class action Monday night for selling E. coli-tainted lettuce that has sickened people in 25 states and killed one person in California.
Read moreJudge Rejects Walmart’s Attempt to Dodge Class Action
Walmart “does not have a leg to stand on,” a federal judge said late Friday when he denied its motion to decertify a class of employees accusing it of violating state labor law by failing to provide them with chairs.
Read morePrivacy
Cameras at Walmart self-checkout counters illegally collect personal information, including eye and hair colors and facial features, in violation of the Song-Beverly Act, a class action claims in San Diego Superior Court.
Read moreWalmart, Other Retailers Face Class Action From Accused Shoplifters
Retailers across the nation are being sued for using a “corrective education” program that is tantamount to extortion, a class of accused shoplifters claim in federal court.
Read moreWalmart Faces Whistleblower Suit Over Its E-Commerce Business
A former high-level executive in Walmart’s e-commerce division sued the retail giant Thursday, claiming he was fired for pointing out consistent fraud that harmed investors and consumers.
Read moreRetailers Sued for Refusing to Sell Guns to Oregon Man
A 20-year-old Oregon man filed age discrimination lawsuits against Walmart and Dick’s Sporting Goods on Monday, claiming that the retailers refused to sell him rifles because he was under 21.
Read moreWalmart Class Action
A consumer claims in a federal class action that Walmart discriminates against black customers by locking up “hair and body products meant for African-Americans” and segregating them from products for white people, which are not locked up.
Read moreWalmart Rolls Out $11 Minimum Wage After Tax Reform
Walmart said Thursday that it will raise the starting salary for U.S. employees to $11 an hour, pay out a one-time cash bonus for eligible associates of up to $1,000, and expand maternity and parental leave benefits.
Read moreWalmart, Feds Cop to Violating California Truck-Emissions Rules
Walmart will pay to install a filtration system at one or more schools near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach by next year, part of a settlement Wednesday over the retail giant’s failure to complete emissions-system upgrades on its fleet of trucks.
Read moreTruck Driver Pleads Guilty to Human Smuggling That Killed 10
A truck driver accused of carrying 10 immigrants to their deaths in a sweltering tractor trailer in July pleaded guilty Monday to human-smuggling charges.
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