Jury Finds Nike Underpaid and Slow-Promoted Engineer Heather Hender for Sex
Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse, 1000, Southwest 3rd Avenue, Downtown, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, 97204, United States
Nike
CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterThe verdict form in Hender v. Nike, Inc., 3:18-cv-01477-AB, is stamped "Filed 07/22/26" and dated by the presiding juror the 22nd day of July, 2026.[1]
A Portland federal jury found on 22 July 2026 that Nike paid former process engineer Heather Hender less than male colleagues and promoted her more slowly because of her sex, awarding $19,739.52 plus $7.5 million in punitive damages under each of federal and Oregon law.
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