Google Sued for Anti-Conservative Bias by Fired Engineer

The engineer who was fired by Google after he criticized its diversity policies for ignoring differences between the sexes sued his ex-employer, alleging that he and others at the internet giant were harassed over their conservative political views.

James Damore filed a class-action complaint Jan. 8 in state court in San Jose, Calif., after setting off a firestorm in August with a 10-page memo blasting Google’s “left bias” for creating a “politically correct monoculture.“ He alleged that the presence of women is celebrated because of their gender and that white men were mocked with boos at companywide meetings.

“Google’s open ...