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Jul. 24, 2012

Judge rejects arbitration in sex discrimination case, but appeal could delay proceedings

A female partner at a Silicon Valley venture capital firm notched another win in a sex discrimination case against her company when a San Francisco County Superior Court judge ruled she won't have to take her case to arbitration.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - A female partner at a Silicon Valley venture capital firm on Friday notched another win in a sex discrimination case against her company when a San Francisco County Superior Court judge ruled she won't have to take her case to arbitration.


In his ruling, Judge Harold E. Kahn reiterated what he said in a hearing earlier this month: that Ellen Pao - a junior partner at Kleiner Perki...

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