Internal complaints that have a conceivable relationship to gender discrimination must be provided in discovery in a putative class action against Goldman Sachs, a federal magistrate judge has ruled.
Southern District Magistrate Judge James Francis IV (See Profile) directed Goldman to turn over internal complaints that could relate to plaintiffs’ claims of discrimination against female employees with respect to compensation, promotion and performance evaluation. The magistrate judge found that a broader range of complaints could be relevant even if they do not contain “buzzwords” such as “gender” or “glass ceiling.”
