Among their hundreds of pages of dueling arguments, the companies and organizations supporting or opposing Wal-Mart in its landmark U.S. Supreme Court challenge agree on one point: Whatever the justices say about class action certification will resound across a wide swath of law, not just employment discrimination.

Ruling in favor of the class of current and former female workers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce warns, “has the potential to dramatically increase the class action exposure of the chamber’s members and all companies doing business in the United States.”

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