Technology
Mar. 29, 2023
Judge: Google to be sanctioned for deleted chats
“The Court concludes that Google intended to subvert the discovery process, and that Chat evidence was ‘lost with the intent to prevent its use in litigation’ and ‘with the intent to deprive another party of the information’s use in the litigation,’” U.S. District Judge James Donato wrote.
Alphabet Inc.-owned Google should be sanctioned for failing to preserve Google Chats between employees concerning lawsuits filed over its alleged monopoly of Android app distribution, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Tuesday.
“The Court concludes that Google intended to subvert the discovery process, and that Chat evidence was ‘lost with the intent to prevent its use in litigation’ and ‘with the intent to deprive another party of the ...
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