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I assume so. I read the civil complaint (I actually know his lawyer pretty well) but 1.) I'm not a lawyer myself and 2.) I haven't really studied the legal case in any depth.

It's a different set of claims but they have (in regards to the specifics of Damore’s claims; it's a class action charging a broader pattern, though) substantial overlap despite the differing legal basis. Particularly, if, as NLRB found, Damore was fired solely for statements violating a legitimate anti-harassment policy, this would be quite problematic for the claims in his lawsuit. Of course, the court in that case is not bound by the NLRBs fact findings.

One does wonder how much damage this memo does to that case. It will be interesting to see.