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Litigation

Jul. 11, 2012

Judge won't allow arbitration in venture capital firm sex discrimination case

A female partner at a Silicon Valley venture capital firm has moved one step closer to a sex discrimination trial against her company when a San Francisco County Superior Court judge denied the firm's motion to compel arbitration.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - A female partner at a Silicon Valley venture capital firm on Tuesday moved one step closer to a sex discrimination trial against her company when a San Francisco County Superior Court judge denied the firm's motion to compel arbitration.


Still, Judge Harold E. Kahn's ruling was not a total slam-dunk for the plaintiff. He allowed attorneys for the company, Kleiner Perkins Caufi...

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