Microsoft Faces Racial, Sex Discrimination Suit, Lawyers Say
Seattle, Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. is being sued for allegedly discriminating against black and female employees, plaintiffs' attorneys said.
The No. 1 software maker, ``has allowed managers to make basic personnel decisions based on individual bias rather than merit,'' Steven Toll, managing partner of the law firm Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, said in a press release distributed by Business Wire.
A Microsoft spokeswoman couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
Shares of Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft fell 1.13 to 55.44.
Oct/04/2000 18:11 ET
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