Google didn't violate federal labor laws when it fired engineer James Damore last year after he wrote a manifesto taking the company's hiring and promotion policies to task, according to the conclusion of a lawyer with the National Labor Relations Board. Damore's memo set off a firestorm when it became public, shedding a negative light on both Damore for views that were seen as misogynistic and on Alphabet Inc.-owned Google for firing a worker for expressing what was seen as a political viewpoint. In…