Former Google engineer James Damore sued the company after he was fired for distributing a viral 10-page memo called “Google's Ideological Echo Chamber.” (Photo: Shutterstock)
Google was unable to convince a judge to toss out class action allegations claiming the company discriminates against job applicants based on their conservative beliefs and status as a racial majority within the tech giant.
Presiding Judge Brian C. Walsh of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County denied Google's request for demurrer on the class action status Friday. In his tentative ruling published Thursday, which was upheld during a 20-minute hearing Friday, Walsh said Google failed to show there is “no reasonable possibility” to identify a class made up of people with shared political ideologies.
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Alaina Lancaster
Alaina Lancaster, based in San Francisco, covers disruptive trends and technologies shaping the future of law. She authors the weekly legal futurist newsletter What's Next. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @a_lancaster3
