The bias lawsuit by a former VP who said Goldman Sachs pushed her onto the “mommy-track” and eventually fired her after she chose to work part-time following her pregnancy is 'history'.  U.S. District Court Judge Robert Patterson dismissed the case brought by Charlotte Hanna in a 2-sentence order filed late Thursday.

In her complaint, Ms. Hanna said she joined Goldman as an associate in 1998 and 2 years later was promoted to VP for Goldman Sachs University, an in-house training program.  She claimed her opportunities for advancement at Goldman disappeared when she took maternity leave with her first child in February 2005.  She claimed that once she began working part time for the firm, she was channeled into lower positions that made it more difficult for her to earn more money and advance to better positions.  She claimed she was demoted, lost her office and then, in 2008, was fired before she returned from a 2nd maternity leave.

The case is Hanna v. Goldman Sachs Group Inc., 10-cv-02637, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).   [Bloomberg, 11/8;  Reuters, 11/5]