Pinterest agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit brought by former chief operating officer Francoise Brougher. The payment resolves what could have proved an ugly battle for the online scrapbooking firm, whose fortunes have lately turned up. Brougher stepped down abruptly as COO in April after just two years. In early July, she published a Medium post ...
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