Judge orders single trial in Nike sex discrimination lawsuit

Markowitz Herbold clients won a late-stage victory in their sex discrimination lawsuit against Nike. 

After one hour of oral arguments, Judge Amy Baggio ruled from the bench that there will be one trial in the case. Nike had asked for separate trials for each of the four remaining plaintiffs, arguing, among other reasons, that they worked in different departments for different managers and didn’t get paid and promoted in the same manner.

Laura Salerno Owens, a Markowitz Herbold lawyer who represented plaintiffs, argued they have enough in common for a single trial. She also said holding four separate trials would be a waste of resources and require redundant arguments and jury selection.

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