The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday edition that a California judge has dismissed three of eight claims by a former BlackBerry female executive suing the company and chief executive officer John Giamatteo for sexual harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination. The Globe's Sean Silcoff writes that Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, wrote in an 18-page ruling Friday the court "largely agrees" with BlackBerry, but the judge did not grant the company's request to strike from a fourth claim all references to "harassment and discrimination." Instead, she gave the plaintiff until Aug. 19 to file an amended complaint to add facts or details to support her claim. BlackBerry had asked for the dismissals in a motion last month that stated the plaintiff, identified in court filings as Jane Doe, was let go amid a corporate restructuring and because of her "habitual mistreatment of her co-workers." Its motion was a legal manoeuvre to try to narrow the scope of the plaintiff's action. BlackBerry says an outside law firm conducted an extensive investigation into her complaints and found no evidence of wrongdoing or violations of its code of conduct.