Attorneys at local firm Barrett Johnston are taking Wal-Mart Stores to task for allegedly paying many of its female employees less than their male peers or, in some cases, direct reports. Blake Farmer has more on the case.

The Supreme Court ruled against a nationwide class-action lawsuit last year – in part – because the women didn’t have enough in common to constitute a class. The Tennessee case is the first in an expected wave of smaller, regional suits, brought by civil rights attorneys with Nashville’s Barrett Johnston law firm.

An amended lawsuit against the Davidson County Sheriff's Office claims hundreds of employees were underpaid over the course of six years. If the suit, which is seeking to replace a similar complaint filed last year, is successful, Metro's tab could balloon very quickly.