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Northern Michigan University has paid $1.46 million to settle a professors' gender discrimination lawsuilt.
The announcement was made today by the firm representing the professors, Sterling Attorneys at Law, P.C., based in downstate Bloomfield Hills.
In February 2019, Sterling filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of four female professors from NMU's College of Business alleging they suffered gender discrimination and disparate pay compared with their male colleagues.
About seven weeks before the trial was scheduled to take place in U.S. District court for the Western District of Michigan, the professors reached a settlement with NMU.
More information will be in Friday’s Mining Journal.