Pro-Palestinian protesters’ retaliation lawsuit against Google may proceed

Core Insights - Protests organized by former employees of Google and Amazon against the companies' collaboration with the Israeli military, specifically their $1.2 billion contract under "Project Nimbus" [3] Group 1: Protests and Legal Actions - Protests titled "No Tech for Apartheid" were held against Google and Amazon's cloud computing and AI services for Israel [3] - The protests led to the Anderson lawsuit and an open charge with the National Labor Relations Board [4] - A federal judge ruled that former Google employees could proceed with claims of unlawful retaliation for participating in the protests [7] Group 2: Legal Proceedings - Google attempted to dismiss the plaintiffs' claims under Title VII, arguing that the complaints were unreasonable given its operational interests [5] - The judge determined that more factual development was needed and denied the dismissal of Title VII claims [5] - Some state law claims were dismissed, particularly those under the San Francisco police code, while claims related to New York laws were not applicable to the plaintiffs [6]