Google's failure to preserve employee messages in Epic antitrust case merits sanctions, judge says
Publishing timestamp: 2023-03-28 19:24:39
Summary
A federal judge in California has ruled that Google should be sanctioned for failing to preserve chat messages between employees related to an antitrust case brought by Epic Games. The judge accused Google of adopting a "don't ask, don't tell" policy for keeping messages at the expense of its preservation duties. The judge has not yet determined what sanctions Google should face, but has ordered the company to cover reasonable attorney fees related to the motion over the evidentiary issue. Google has faced similar allegations about destroying potential evidence by the Department of Justice in its antitrust litigation against the company.
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