Goldman Sachs May Have Shaken Off Gender Discrimination Class Action

Goldman, Sachs & Co. may be off the hook for class claims alleging a pattern of gender discrimination against female professional employees after a magistrate judge recommended that, even though an injunctive class would otherwise be appropriate, the law of the case doctrine forecloses class certification (Chen-Oster v. Goldman, Sachs & Co., S.D.N.Y., 10-6950, 3/10/15).

An earlier ruling in the case said that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541, 2011 BL 161238 12 CLASS 519, 6/24/11, bars certification of an injunctive relief class because the named plaintiffs aren’t currently employed by Goldman Sachs. ...