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A significant gender discrimination lawsuit sent shockwaves through the feminist community last week that rivaled the earthquake that shook the East Coast yesterday.

In a pivotal ruling by Judge Loretta A. Preska of United States District Court in Manhattan, she dismissed the pregnancy discrimination charges against media and finance mogul Bloomberg LP. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought a class-action suit against Bloomberg, claiming that the company engaged in a pattern of discrimination against pregnant women and women returning from maternity leave.

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