A judge in the anti-discrimination case of former Google engineer James Damore denied the company’s attempts to have the suit thrown out and allowed the plaintiffs to proceed to a phase where they can prompt the tech company to produce data and answer questions on its hiring practices.
Damore and another plaintiff are alleging that Google discriminated against them based on their political leanings. They filed a class-action lawsuit in January on behalf of all job applicants who claim Google discriminated against them because they were white or Asian, or because of their politics.
