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There was an article in THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE about this case just yesterday. According to that article, there was not any consent at some of time when Walmart was involved in COLI's (the case in point).

At later times, there was consent from the employees, but it was required as a condition of employment. This, of course, means that the consent was coerced, and therefore not legal.

All of this is mostly of historical value, since Walmart doesn't do COLI's here anymore.

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