Google refuses legal request to share pay records in gender discrimination case

Tech company’s lawyers say it should not have to provide data on how men and women are compensated, as judge appears to take firm’s side on key issuesGoogle is resisting a legal request to disclose salary records in a class-action gender discrimination lawsuit, marking the technology company’s latest efforts to prevent scrutiny of how much it pays its female employees.Google attorneys argued in court on Friday that a judge should block a suit brought by former employees allegin