Dive Brief:
- Francine Katz, once the highest ranking woman executive at Anheuser-Busch InBev, has lost her bid for a retrial in her gender-discrimination lawsuit.
- Katz's attorneys had argued that errors by the judge in the first case necessitated a retrial. But Circuit Court Judge Rex Burlison has ruled that no such errors occurred.
- Katz has claimed she was undercompensated because she is a woman. In May a jury ruled against her.
Dive Insight:
Even after this latest loss, the Katz case isn't necessarily over. She could still ask the Missouri Court of Appeals to force a new trial. Our guess is that she'll do exactly that. If Katz — whose role as vice president of communications and consumer affairs made her the public face of Budweiser — has shown anything over the course of her career and the lawsuit, it's that she's not afraid of confrontation or the limelight.