Goldman’s Gender Fight Moves Closer to Trial After 13 Years (1)

A 13-year gender-discrimination fight against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. just moved closer to trial.

Four women who worked for the bank won class-action status in March, allowing them to represent more than 2,000 current and former female Goldman Sachs employees. The bank asked to immediately appeal that decision, and a panel of three U.S. Court of Appeals judges in New York rejected that request in a ruling issued Sept. 4.

“We are happy,” said Kelly Dermody, a lawyer for the women. “We look forward to the next stage of the case.”

Cristina Chen-Oster, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate, first ...