[panpanna]

Because last time Google denied doing something like this it turned out there was a paper trail all the way to the CEO.

(The top email basically said: why are you emailing me this. This is illegal. Don't create a paper trail!!)

[zippy]

Google has a history of age discrimination and losing in court, going back to the founders of the company.

See Reid v Google where Brian Reid, a key developer of the tech we use, was told his ideas "were too old to matter" and that he was an "old fuddy duddy."

Google fought it and lost.

https://www.law.com/therecorder/almID/1202464321723/?slretur...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Reid_(computer_scientist...

[rasz]

>Google fought it and lost.

"The case was settled out of court", settlement is not a loss, its being allowed to sweep your dirty deeds under the rug with no consequences.

[pmiller2]

Reid v. Google was settled out of court in 2012 for an undisclosed amount.

[zippy]

yes and no. they lost on appeal to the state supreme court on whether evidence about age bias could be used in the lawsuit.

then they settled.

[warunsl]

Source?

[panpanna]

https://pando.com/2014/03/22/revealed-apple-and-googles-wage...

Another fun fact from that lawsuit: Steve Jobs threatened Palm with a patent war if they didn't join the cartel. Oh, it was a fun time to work in the valley...

[panpanna]

Actual quote if you didn't find it:

Eric Schmidt:

"I would prefer that Omid do it verbally since I don’t want to create a paper trail over which we can be sued later? Not sure about this.. thanks Eric"