Judge Says Microsoft Lawyers Are Too Aggressive in Gender Discrimination Case

Microsoft’s lawyers have been criticized for becoming too aggressive and looking for loopholes not to comply with a judge order that required the company to share documents as part of a gender discrimination case. Gender bias cases aren’t something new for Microsoft, and just like expected, a company the size of the software giant would always attempt to take advantage of loopholes and use all possible ways to win lawsuits, even if this involves doing things that aren’t entirely in line with what the judge says. This is what happened in a case started against Microsoft earlier this year when three company employees complained that the firm discriminated women because it offered promotions to male colleagues much faster, even though they weren’t necessarily qualified for the job. With Microsoft denying allegations, it turned to Seattle-based law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, whose attorneys became too aggressive in the case, according to U.S. District Judge ...