{"content":[{"text":"Calendar Line 1","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.073165,"width":0.13625900000000002,"height":0.016779000000000002}},{"text":"Case Name: \n Case No.:","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.107711,"width":0.10063,"height":0.03420299999999998}},{"text":"James Damore, et al. v. Google, LLC, et al. \n 18-CV-321529","bbox":{"left":0.264696,"top":0.107711,"width":0.342169,"height":0.03420299999999998}},{"text":"This is a putative employment class action alleging harassment, discrimination, and \n retaliation by defendant Google, LLC. Before the Court are (1) Google’s demurrer to or \n motion to strike class allegations associated with plaintiffs’ claims under Labor Code sections \n 1101 and 1102 and (2) Google’s motion for judgment on the pleadings as to plaintiff Michael \n Burns’s claims under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) on behalf of Asian job \n applicants. Plaintiffs oppose both motions.","bbox":{"left":0.147058,"top":0.159983,"width":0.7427309999999999,"height":0.10390100000000002}},{"text":"I.","bbox":{"left":0.147058,"top":0.281953,"width":0.01116700000000001,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"Factual and Procedural Background","bbox":{"left":0.168235,"top":0.281953,"width":0.28138300000000005,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"Plaintiffs James Damore, David Gudeman, Stephen McPherson, and Michael Burns are \n former Google employees and job applicants Google did not hire. (First Amended Complaint \n (“FAC”), ¶¶ 12-16.) They allege that Google employees who expressed views deviating from \n the majority of their colleagues on political subjects raised in the workplace and relevant to \n Google’s employment policies and business—including diversity hiring policies, bias \n sensitivity, and social justice—were singled out, mistreated, and systematically punished \n and/or terminated in violation of the law. (Id. at ¶ 4.) They further allege that Google utilizes \n unlawful hiring quotas to reach its desired percentages of female and favored minority \n candidates and openly denigrates employees who are male, white/Caucasian, and/or Asian. \n (Id. at ¶ 9.)","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.316802,"width":0.745168,"height":0.173597}},{"text":"Based on these and more detailed allegations concerning events at Google that \n plaintiffs believe reflect its biases against individuals who share their race, gender, and/or \n political beliefs, plaintiffs bring individual Labor Code, FEHA, and related claims. They also \n allege claims on behalf of a putative class comprised of four subclasses: the “Political \n Subclass” of employees and job applicants discriminated against for their politically \n conservative viewpoints, the “Gender Subclass” of individuals discriminated against for being \n male, the “Race Subclass” of those discriminated against for being Caucasian or Asian, and the \n “Hostile Work Environment Subclass” of Gender and Race Subclass members who were \n Google employees. (FAC, ¶ 338.)","bbox":{"left":0.147052,"top":0.508468,"width":0.7471570000000001,"height":0.156173}},{"text":"The FAC, filed on April 18, 2018, sets forth twelve causes of action by Damore, \n Gudeman, McPherson, Burns, and former plaintiff Manuel Amador. On November 30, 2018, \n the parties filed a stipulation agreeing that former employees Damore and Gudeman would \n submit their claims to arbitration, Amador would dismiss his claims without prejudice, and the \n action would proceed as to the claims asserted by job applicants McPherson and Burns only. \n The Court subsequently entered a stipulated order dismissing Amador’s claims and staying the \n action as to the claims by Damore and Gudeman pending arbitration. Following this order, the \n claims pending before the Court are as follows: (1) violation of Labor Code section 1101 by \n taking adverse employment action against individuals for engaging in political activities (by \n McPherson, Burns, and the Political Subclass); (2) violation of Labor Code section 1102 by \n coercing or influencing individuals’ political activities (by McPherson, Burns, and the Political \n Subclass); (3) hiring and workplace discrimination due to gender and/or race in violation of \n FEHA (by Burns and the Gender and Race Subclasses); (4) disparate impact discrimination \n due to gender and/or race in violation of FEHA (by Burns and the Gender and Race","bbox":{"left":0.147062,"top":0.68271,"width":0.7456619999999999,"height":0.2432939999999999}},{"text":"1","bbox":{"left":0.887255,"top":0.949377,"width":0.009785000000000044,"height":0.01677899999999999}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}