Or, put another way, the PR makes it harder for Google to defend itself in lawsuits from current or former female employees alleging discrimination. Would failu

Or, put another way, the PR makes it harder for Google to defend itself in lawsuits from current or former female employees alleging discrimination. Would failure to discharge Damore itself constitute grounds for a complaint of a hostile work environment? There is some heavy legal machinery firing underneath the covers here, forcing Google's hand.