And Google Legal profits the most from turning these cases into “personal Rorschach tests.” In the case of Glasson’s pregnancy discrimination case, she had to

And Google Legal profits the most from turning these cases into “personal Rorschach tests.” In the case of Glasson’s pregnancy discrimination case, she had to wait two years and go through Google-requested health screenings just to reach a settlement. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/09/she-sued-for-pregnancy-discrimination-now-shes-battling-googles-army-of-lawyers https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/09/she-sued-... Google Legal wants these cases to reach settlement or some other point of deterrence because they don’t want the real evidence and merits to enter public discussion. Google not just saves reputation value but also counter-party price discovery. Whenever Corp Legal fires an employee like this, they always ask “will this case blow the budget on severance + litigation this year?” They don’t want anybody else to know what this number is, and it could effectively leak if a case doesn’t get settled. While the linked article may not give many details on the merit of this case, what also is not reported is the realities of large well-funded corporate legal teams.