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Commitment and Contingencies
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

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Commitments and Contingencies

On June 18, 2019, the Company initiated a confidential arbitration proceeding against Dr. Asa Abeliovich, the Company’s former consulting co-founder, related to alleged breaches of his consulting agreement and the improper use of Alector’s confidential information that he learned during the course of rendering services to the Company as consulting Chief Scientific Officer/Chief Innovation Officer. An independent arbitrator issued a confidential decision in favor of Alector, finding Dr. Abeliovich liable for breach of his confidentiality agreement and for spoliation based on his destruction of documents relevant to the proceeding. The arbitrator awarded damages for breach of the agreement and sanctions for the spoliation, as well as violation of orders during the proceeding, and the amount of such monetary damages will be determined in a pending further proceeding.