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Counsel for Smye, Gorham also stated that “We are absolutely going to appeal this ruling to the Court of Appeals.  There is too much at stake, both for Marti Smye and for the LGBT community, for us to accept this result.

We are surprised and disappointed by the Court’s ruling, and deeply concerned about the impact it may have on LGBT employees who are not residents of California but who work for companies headquartered in this state.  Under California law gays and lesbians have the right to be treated the same as everyone else in the workplace.  If today’s ruling is upheld, California companies will be able to contract around their discriminatory conduct toward out-of-state employees, by requiring employees to sign contracts agreeing to application of the law of some other state.  Because few states recognize claims for discrimination based on sexual orientation, this result disproportionately impacts the LGBT community.

It is shameful that Korn/Ferry, the leading executive recruiting company in the world, would use a contractual loophole to avoid a trial on the merits.  This case is far from over.  Marti has suffered too long, and fought far too hard to give up before she has a chance to be heard.”

Stella bean, Breaking News Today, California Superior Court, LA refuses to hear Lesbian’s Gay-Bias lawsuit against Recruiting Giant, Korn/ Ferry, Mar 2010

You should read the whole article.