Dermody of Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann + Bernstein, LLP of San
Francisco, California. I am still working in the
industry and have come forward to make sure this does not happen to
other women at Smith Barney .genderlawsuitagainstsmithbarney. More information on the firm can be found at
www. Macquarie Bank
is not licensed to conduct banking business in the United States and maintains
Representative Offices in California, New York, Texas and Washington.

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Plaintiff Judy Weil is a current Financial Consultant with Smith
Barney's Walnut Creek office who has been a successful Financial
Consultant for over 21 years. Members of
the media can also obtain a copy of the complaint and this press
release by contacting Monica Barsetti at 415-956-1000.
Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann + Bernstein, LLP, is a 60 -plus attorney
firm with offices in San Francisco, New York, Washington, DC,
Nashville, and Beverly Hills.lieffcabraser.com
Outten + Golden LLP represents plaintiffs in a variety of
employment law matters, including discrimination cases, wage and hour
violations, and contract negotiations.com ).S.

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Plaintiff Kathryn Varner, a former Financial Consultant and
Vice-President with Smith Barney stated, "As a financial consultant
who has successfully worked in the industry for over twenty -five
years, I stayed focused on my clients and tried to ignore the blatant
discrimination at Smith Barney. Members of
the media can also obtain a copy of the complaint and this press
release by contacting Monica Barsetti at 415-956-1000.S. The firm
also served as a catalyst for unprecedented reforms in hiring
practices adopted by the National Football League in recent years.liebertpub. The information exchanged at that meeting
formed the basis for this Special Issue of the Journal entitled ,
"Improving the Use and Safety of Medications in Women Through
Sex/Gender and Race/Ethnicity Analysis .

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"This action has been brought to remedy a culture of hostility
toward equal opportunity at Smith Barney," said plaintiffs' attorney
Kelly M. Klein of
Outten + Golden LLP of New York, New York . Members of
the media can also obtain a copy of the complaint and this press
release by contacting Monica Barsetti at 415-956-1000.com
Mehri + Skalet, PLLC specializes in representing workers and
consumers in class actions around the country.

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U. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) discussed these
and other relevant issues during a two-day expert panel meeting
convened in April 2004.com

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The complaint charges that, among other things, Smith Barney
discriminates in the account distribution process, routinely assigning
smaller and less valuable accounts to female brokers, including those
who outperform their male counterparts; provides women with less sales
and administrative support than it provides to men; and maintains a
corporate culture hostile to female professionals .
In April 2004, the National Council of Women's Organizations
(NCWO) in partnership with plaintiffs ' counsel Mehri + Skalet, PLLC,
announced the Women on Wall Street Project in Washington, DC. Lieff , Cabraser has represented
plaintiffs in a wide variety of class action litigation, including
employment discrimination and civil rights, wage and hour, and pension
benefits litigation.

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"By putting this special issue together, we hope to stimulate new
research in the developing field of gender-based research and
analysis," said Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, M., Guest
Editor and Senior Advisor on Women's Health at AHRQ in Rockville, MD. Under
Editor-In-Chief Marjorie Bowman, MD, MPA , Professor and Founding Chair
of the Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania Health System, the journal covers medical
health issues affecting women across their life spans and publishes
papers on the gender differences in biological response between
females and males.
The Appeal provides shelter, food, health and mental health services,
while the Red Cross focuses its disaster relief efforts on helping individuals
and families affected by the disaster resume their normal daily lives.

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Relief Sought: Plaintiffs seek an end to these discriminatory
practices, injunctive and declaratory relief, an award
of backpay and front pay, and compensatory and punitive
damages.

Safer Medication Use in Women; Understanding Gender Differences-Is Focus of Journal of Women's Health Special Issue

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People interested in the lawsuit may provide information by
visiting: www. All four women work or
worked at Smith Barney until very recently.com, or calling
1-800-642-8330 to leave a message for plaintiffs' counsel. More information on the firm can be found at
www. "We have an ongoing
commitment to support important initiatives that impact positively on
society. The Macquarie group comprises Macquarie Bank Limited, a
company authorized under the Banking Act 1959 (Cth) to conduct banking
business in Australia, and its worldwide affiliated entities.

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Smith Barney employs approximately 12,000
Financial Consultants in over 500 offices. At the announcement of the
Project last year, Dr.T.

Fassbender Amochaev et al. which settled for $176 million in 1997 and The
Coca-Cola Company which settled for $192 million in 2001.
More information about the firm can be found at www. CHICAGO, Macquarie group announced today it had
pledged $100,000 through the American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Appeal in
North America and would match all staff donations .

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Today, four women are standing up to turn
the tide at Smith Barney and the ripple effect will be felt throughout
the industry," said plaintiffs' attorney Cyrus Mehri of Mehri +
Skalet, PLLC, of Washington, DC.
"Unfortunately, the suspicions that led to the Women on Wall Street
Project are supported by the allegations in the complaint filed today.
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Court: The lawsuit was filed on March 31, 2005, in the United
States District Court for the Northern District of
California (federal court in San Francisco,
California). Lawyers at M+S settled
two of the largest race discrimination employment class actions in
history: Texaco Inc.liebertpub.
The mission of AHRQ (www.S.

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. A
complete list of the firm's 60 journals and books is available at
www.liebertpub.

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"Wall Street still hasn't gotten the message that women are not
second-class citizens," said plaintiffs' attorney Adam T. She also alleges in the complaint that
she was subject to discrimination and denied compensation based on her
gender. Despite my demonstrated
reliability, I was repeatedly passed over for lucrative business leads
and compensation opportunities that went to male coworkers.com, or calling
1-800-642-8330 to leave a message for plaintiffs' counsel . Dermody, Bill Lann Lee, James M. Since 1992, the firm has litigated over 20
separate cases in which jury verdicts or settlements of $100 million
or more were reached, including more than 10 cases valued at $1
billion or more each.ahrq.

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Judy Weil (over 20
years in industry as Financial Consultant) have brought
suit on behalf of themselves and others similarly
situated in this class action. All of the
former employee plaintiffs are still working in the
industry as Financial Consultants., d/b/a Smith Barney.
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People interested in the lawsuit may provide information by
visiting: www.

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"While men at Smith Barney are handed business
opportunities that put money in their pockets, women are left to fend
for themselves and are essentially forced to compete with one hand
tied behind their back. This
lawsuit is representative of a number of gender investigations
underway involving Wall Street companies. Martha Burk, Chair of NCWO, made public a
letter she sent to Citibank's Sanford Weill (CEO of Smith Barney's
parent company) and other CEOs, in response to complaints she had
received about gender discrimination at financial sector companies.com, or calling
1-800-642-8330 to leave a message for plaintiffs' counsel.
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Claims Violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII")
Alleged: and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act .
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Key Defendant has engaged in a continuing policy and
Allegations: practice of gender discrimination in business
opportunities, compensation, and other terms and
conditions of employment , and of retaliation in
response to complaints of discrimination.
Macquarie group Executive Chairman David Clarke said the donation would be
made by Macquarie's businesses in North America in conjunction with the
Macquarie Foundation, the group's philanthropic arm.

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Plaintiffs: Ms. Its biotechnology trade
magazine, Genetic Engineering News (GEN), was the first in its field
and is today the industry's most widely read publication worldwide .

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Plaintiff Renee Fassbender Amochaev, a former Smith Barney
financial consultant from Smith Barney's Santa Rosa, California office
who has been in the financial services industry since 1999, stated,
"Despite my demonstrated strong performance and knowledge of the
clients involved, Smith Barney denied me the opportunity to manage
millions of dollars worth of assets that it instead gave to men with
no greater qualifications than me. Kathryn Varner (approximately 26 years in industry
as Financial Consultant), and Ms. Finberg, and
Elizabeth Alexander. The Mehri + Skalet attorneys
handling this case are Cyrus Mehri, Lisa Bornstein ,
Sandi Farrell, and Anna Pohl.
Journal of Women's Health is an authoritative, peer -reviewed,
multidisciplinary journal published ten times a year.

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The lawsuit, Fassbender Amochaev v.1 million client accounts, representing approximately
$1 trillion in client assets. Mehri will host at a teleconference to discuss
the Women on Wall Street Project at 3:30 p. Klein and
Piper Hoffman.genderlawsuitagainstsmithbarney.com

About NCWO/Women on Wall Street Project:

The National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO) has over two
hundred member organizations including the American Association of
University Women, Business + Professional Women/USA, the Institute for
Women's Policy Research, the League of Women Voters, the National
Association for Female Executives , National Committee on Pay Equity,
and the National Women's Law Center. 14, No. The entire issue is
available free online at www.gov), a part of the U. "The hurricane has
affected a region to which Macquarie has close and growing ties and our staff
has responded accordingly.

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SAN FRANCISCO----Four female
financial consultants filed a national class action lawsuit today in
federal court in San Francisco, charging sex discrimination at Smith
Barney, the retail brokerage arm of Citigroup, which is the nation's
largest financial institution .
Plaintiff Deborah Orlando, a former Financial Consultant and
Vice-President with Smith Barney 's Santa Rosa office, added, "I have
worked in the industry without any performance issues or client
complaints for almost twenty years.
securities industry.
The National Council of Women's Organizations salutes these women for
having the courage to come forward," said Dr. E. Renee Fassbender Amochaev (approximately 6 years in
industry as Financial Consultant), Ms. For more information about NCWO's Women on
Wall Street Project, please call (202) 293-4505.

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The number is
(866) 409 -4300. The Outten + Golden
attorneys handling this case are Adam T."

The Macquarie group (Macquarie) is a diversified international provider of
specialist financial and investment banking services, with over 6,800 people
in 23 countries.

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Smith Barney is a global financial firm that provides brokerage
and investment banking management services to corporations,
governments and individuals around the world.m. The firm handles class actions,
such as the gender discrimination lawsuit against Metlife that settled
in 2003, as well as individual litigation.
The Red Cross also feeds emergency workers, handles inquiries from
concerned family members outside the disaster area, provides blood and blood
products to disaster victims, and helps those affected by the disaster access
other available resources.

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(almost 20 years in industry as Financial Consultant),
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About the Law Firms:

Plaintiffs are being represented by three law firms: the national
class action firm Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann + Bernstein , LLP, of San
Francisco, California, New York, New York, Washington, DC, Nashville,
Tennessee, and Beverly Hills, California; the plaintiffs' civil rights
firm Mehri + Skalet, PLLC of Washington , DC; and the plaintiffs'
employment firm Outten + Golden LLP of New York, New York and
Stamford , Connecticut.----Women respond to
certain drugs differently from men, use more medications than men , and
are more likely to experience adverse drug reactions. Other authors discuss safety issues with QT-prolonging
drugs and related male/female differences in pharmacology, the safe
use of hormonal contraceptives, geriatric pharmacotherapy, drug use
and expenditures, and strategies for reducing the risk of medication
errors in women.

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The women allege violations of federal and state laws , including
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the California Fair
Employment and Housing Act.
People interested in the lawsuit may provide information by
visiting: www. When prompted , enter '03108' and press '#'., M.D."
"The Foundation has a record of providing community support dating back to
its inception more than 30 years ago," Mr Clarke said.

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"As long as investment
banks and brokerage firms continue to discriminate against their
female employees, courageous employees like the plaintiffs in this
case will continue to fight back. But when I finally discussed gender
discrimination problems at Smith Barney with corporate officials , I
was quickly forced out of the company.Y.Sc.
"In addition, by increasing awareness of issues related to medication
use and patient safety, we want women and their clinicians to work as
partners to prevent potential adverse drug events.

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"For years Wall Street firms have expected women to work twice as
hard for half of the reward. v.
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Defendant: Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. Outten + Golden represented
Allison Schieffelin in the sex discrimination suit prosecuted with the
EEOC against Morgan Stanley that recently resulted in a $54 million
settlement, and has handled gender discrimination claims against every
major Wall Street firm., Ph.

Macquarie Group Donates $100 000 to Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort

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Women Employees Sue Smith Barney for Sex Discrimination; National Class Action Lawsuit in Federal Court Charges Violations of Federal and State Civil Rights La

Citigroup Global Markets,
Inc . Smith Barney is the
nation's second largest retail brokerage firm and a leader in the U. Burk.
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Contact The Lieff, Cabraser attorneys handling this case are
Attorneys: Kelly M.findjustice.outtengolden. Collectively, NCWO represents 10
million women nationwide. This underscores
the need for targeted studies to understand these gender differences
and identify ways to improve the safety of medication use in women, as
described in the January/February 2005 Special Issue (Vol. 1)
of Journal of Women's Health, a peer-reviewed journal published by
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.com/jwh
Gender, age, and race/ethnicity may all affect drug uptake,
activity, and metabolism, which may in turn require modified drug
delivery strategies , dosing levels, or drug regimens for women. Department
of Health and Human Services, is to improve the quality, safety,
efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans., is a privately held, fully integrated
media company known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed
journals in many promising areas of science and biomedical research,
including Biosecurity and Bioterrorism , Vector-Borne and Zoonotic
Diseases, and Microbial Drug Resistance.
"Our response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster has been driven by a
collective effort from our staff and businesses," he said.

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that Smith Barney has engaged in a pattern and practice of gender
discrimination against its female financial consultants in account
distribution, sales support, compensation, and other terms and
conditions of employment throughout the company. They are represented by attorneys from
Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann + Bernstein, LLP; Mehri + Skalet, PLLC; and
Outten + Golden LLP. In addition , Smith Barney
services over 7.genderlawsuitagainstsmithbarney."
Featured in this Special Issue are reports on the evidence for sex
and racial differences in pharmacological response, the effects on
pharmacokinetics of route of drug administration and drug delivery
system, and the role of biological rhythms in medication safety and
women's health.

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