Morning Jolt: Google, Searching for Lawyers

When does one employee holding an opinion contrary to another employee's become harassment? My guess is that a lawsuit at Google is going to explore that question under the harsh glare of public scrutiny.

Google on Monday fired the employee who wrote an internal memo suggesting men are better suited for tech jobs than women, escalating a debate over free speech at the company.

Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said in an email to his staff that the employee's memo violated company policy. Google, part of Alphabet Inc., didn't publicly name the memo's author.

Software engineer James Damore, who said in an email that he wrote the memo and was fired for it, said he was considering legal action against Google for firing him after he complained to federal labor officials about executives' alleged efforts to ...

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