Saloner Vs Stanford Case

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Allegations against Stanford and Mr. Saloner were brought up by a professor named Mr. Phill. The dean removed Mr. Phill from his professors position after the allegations made by Mr. Saloner. Mr. Phill no longer works at Stanford, but instead works at apple inc due to the unwarranted issues Mr. Saloner had put him through. Mr Saloner and Stanford are heavily challenging the lawsuit brought up against them. The lawsuit brings up some of the tough working conditions caused by Mr. Saloner, which most of the other employees agreed with without any hesitation or even studder. The other coworkers stated that he made the women he was working with have a hard time at work, because he was a hard leader. Saloner had even yelled and screamed at a fellow

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