Google fires back at age discrimination lawsuit

Google, in new federal court papers, is rebutting claims of age discrimination and its handling of two older job applicants who were rejected for positions.
Google insisted in a court filing Friday that its policies "rigorously forbids discrimination of any kind," including age discrimination. It is fighting an age discrimination lawsuit filed last year by two plaintiffs who were rejected for jobs. Both are over the age of 40.
One plaintiff, Cheryl Fillekes, a programmer, filed a motion in June