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Big tech lawyers for Apple and others ‘actively encouraging lawlessness’
A WSJ piece today suggests that big tech lawyers for Apple, Amazon, Google and other industry giants are not only...
A WSJ piece today suggests that big tech lawyers for Apple, Amazon, Google and other industry giants are not only failing to properly advise their clients, but are “actively encouraging” them to break the law. “The lawyers are the people who are supposed to be saying no when something crosses a line, and they aren’t even failing that duty—they are actively encouraging this stuff,” said John Newman, a law professor at the University of Miami and a former FTC deputy director. The reason, suggests an antitrust expert, is that these attorneys are making “mind-boggling” sums of money from their clients, so are motivated to protect them at all costs – and face few consequences when caught.
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