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Civil Litigation,
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Aug. 15, 2017

Engineer who wrote memo may have claim against Google

Under both the NLRA and California law, it is unlawful for an employer to terminate an employee for participating in a legally protected activity.

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Engineer who wrote memo may have claim against Google
Google's headquarters in Mountain View. (Shutterstock)

For employees everywhere, speaking one’s mind can be perilous, especially when corporate powers don’t like the message. James Damore, former Googler and author of the now-notorious memorandum, “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,” has become front-page news in recent weeks for doing just that. Originally distributed only internally at Google, Damore’s suggestion that differences between male and female traits may, in part, explain why women are generally underrepresent...

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