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Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment

Feb. 23, 2018

Google now sued by fired engineer from other end of political spectrum

After the National Labor Relations board ruled that Google Inc. did not break labor law by firing former engineer James Damore, another lawsuit has been filed with similar accusations but from an ideologically opposite basis.

Google now sued by fired engineer from other end of political spectrum
Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Dhillon Law Group, said a national Labor Relations Board memo backing Google's firing of her client will not affect the litigation and she has heard from other potential plaintiffs.

After the National Labor Relations ruled Google Inc. did not break labor law by firing former engineer James Damore for his posts on an internal message board, another lawsuit has been filed with similar accusations but from an ideologically opposite perspective.

According to the new suit, filed Wednesday in San Francisco County Superior Court, another former Google engineer, Tim Chevalier, says he was fired for posts critical of Dam...

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