Virginia Tech faces trial over gender discrimination 
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Published: February 24, 2011
Tags: Employment Discrimination, Federal Courts, Judge James C. Turk
Virginia Tech is facing a trial in April over allegations of gender discrimination at the school’s fundraising office.
A federal judge denied summary judgment to Tech in one of two pending lawsuits accusing the school of sexual harassment and unequal treatment of women at its Office of University Development.
Many of the allegations in the two cases ...
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