Google Faces Spoliation Sanctions in Google Play Store Antitrust Litigation for Failure to Preserve Chat Evidence Last week, a federal judge, James Donato, ruled that Google had failed to maintain chat evidence under legal hold, despite knowing better, resulting in the judge approving spoliation sanctions against the tech giant. The plaintiffs in the Google Play Store Antitrust Litigation case had first noticed the absence of Google's internal chat messaging data in April 2021, which... (18 views)
Google Sanctioned by US Court for Second Time in One Week Google LLC has been sanctioned by a US court for a second time within a few days. The latest decision, unsealed on Wednesday, involves a ruling by a judge stating that the Alphabet Inc subsidiary did not adhere to a court order last year in a data-privacy class action within the specified time frame. US Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen ruled in San Jose, California. It is... (5 views)