US District Judge Leonie Brinkema shredded Google during a hearing to consider the DOJ’s motion for an “adverse inference” finding against the company for deleting records it was ordered to preserv…
Google committed “clear abuse of privilege” by implementing a policy that automatically deleted employee chat records, according to the judge overseeing a major Justice Department antitrust trial targeting its alleged digital advertising monopoly.
“I certainly do not mind saying is not the way in which a responsible corporate entity should function,” Brinkema said Tuesday, according to a transcript The non-jury adtech case kicks off Sept. 9 — just weeks after US District Judge Amit Mehta ruled Google broke antitrust laws in a separate DOJ lawsuit aimed at its online search business.
Google has repeatedly faced sharp criticism in court over its failure to preserve employee chat records relevant to the various antitrust investigations into its business. Experts have long pointed to the issue as critical weak point in its defense strategy,for misconduct related to the destroyed records during the online search trial, he referred to the company’s handling of evidence as “negligent.
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