This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis P.C. discusses the California Supreme Court's recent decision in Duran v. U.S. Bank National Association. In Duran, the Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeal's reversal of the trial court's award of a $15 million judgment against US Bank National Association in a class action case in which employees alleged they were misclassified as exempt outside salespersons. As the first California appellate decision to apply Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes, the court decertified the class and held that the trial court denied the defendants due process rights when, based on a skewed sample of class members, it ruled that the entire class was misclassified and excluded relevant evidence necessary for the defendant's affirmative defenses.