Four women who used to work for Nike have filed a federal lawsuit against the company, alleging it violated state and US equal-pay laws and fostered a work environment that allowed sexual harassment.  The suit...is among the first to hit the company following complaints about alleged pay disparities and bad managers made public earlier this year, according to a report from the Oregonian/OregonLive.  Nike responded by ousting at least 11 executives in March and April.  Last month, the company’s top human-resources executive Monique Matheson acknowledged that Nike had failed to promote enough women...The company acted quickly on Matheson’s admission of the Nike’s gender-equality shortcomings...[A]fter a review of compensation practices, Nike said it would give competitive pay-adjustments to 10%, or about 7,000 staff out of 74,000 employees around the world. But in the complaint, attorney Laura Salerno Owens says Nike continues to have a “good-old-boy’s culture” in which women enter the company with lower pay, and receive smaller raises and bonuses...Nike declined comment on the lawsuit.