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Judge mulls sanctions over Google's destruction of internal chats
Punishing Google for being the best would be “unprecedented,” lawyer argued.
Enlarge/ Kenneth Dintzer, litigator for the US Department of Justice, exits federal court in Washington, DC, on September 20, 2023, during the antitrust trial to determine if Alphabet Inc.'s Google maintains a monopoly in the online search business. That intent could be demonstrated another way, Mehta suggested, recalling that "Google has been very deliberate in advising employees about what to say and what not to say" in discussions that could indicate monopolistic behaviors. That included telling employees, "Don't use the term markets," Mehta told Connor, asking if that kind of conduct could be interpreted as Google's intent to hide evidence.
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