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A woman <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/UC-Berkeley.pdf">claims </a></strong>in court that the the University of California, Berkeley, fired her for refusing to lie on tax forms about the amount of time she spent doing personal chores for the school chancellor.

OAKLAND, Calif. — A woman claimsthe the University of California, Berkeley, fired her for refusing to lie on tax forms about the amount of time she spent doing personal chores for school chancellor Nicholas Dirks and his family, none of whom are a party to the retaliation complaint  in Alameda County Superior Court.

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