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title: "Law360 Quotes Partner Barbara Hoey: Google Memo Author’s NLRB Charge Tees Up for Tough Fight"
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# *Law360* Quotes Partner Barbara Hoey: Google Memo Author’s NLRB Charge Tees Up for Tough Fight

 August 10, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partner [Barbara Hoey](https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/Y1zOBYT2b8YGFJ) was quoted in the *Law360* article ​“Google Memo Author’s NLRB Charge Tees Up for Tough Fight,” discussing Google’s recent firing of James Damore, a software engineer, after he distributed a controversial memo on gender diversity within the organization. The exact timing of his firing is unclear; however, Damore filed a charge with the NLRB alleging Google interfered with and restrained his right to engage in protected activity under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act.

Barbara explains that Damore’s choice of venue was clever given that the NLRB has taken an expansive view of actions that constitute protective, concerted activity. ​“I believe Google made the right move in firing him and that his comments don’t actually fall under Section 7’s umbrella.”

“My overall view is that the company was both right — which is always a nice thing to be — and legal,” Hoey said. ​“The gentleman’s comments were openly — and not even veiled — sexist, and advanced stereotypical views of women. He’s really taken things back with his comments to a period where women were held back. I don’t blame the women \[at Google\] for being offended.”

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