"Supremes Hand Win to Workers with Google Age Bias Ruling"

Yesterday's Recorder had this article by Kate Moser summarizing the Supreme Court's decision yesterday in Reid v. Google, Inc., ___ Cal.4th ___ (Aug. 5, 2010).   An exerpt from the article:

In a unanimous opinion published today, the court held that applying the federal "stray remarks" doctrine in employment discrimination cases — which deems statements made outside of the company's decision-making process to be irrelevant — might lead to an unfair result.

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The court also held that a trial judge's failure to rule on evidentiary objections at a summary judgment hearing makes for an implied overruling, preserving them for appellate review. That's how San Jose's Sixth District Court of Appeal treated Google's objections in the immediate case, reversing a judgment in the company's favor.

This was my post on the UCL aspects of the Court of Appeal's decision in October 2007.  The Supreme Court's opinion does not appear to address the UCL.