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The Google case mentioned right here on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 continued on.  On March 28, 2023 the Courtroom as soon as once more declined the chance, because it had beforehand declined the identical alternative earlier on this case, “to difficulty terminating sanctions towards Google.”  Fairly merely, the Courtroom remained inclined to resolve the antitrust case earlier than it on grounds aside from Google’s “misplaced Chat communications.”  In re Google Play Retailer Antitrust Litig., ___ F. Supp. 3d ___, No. 21-md-02981-JD, 2023 WL 2673109, at *10 (N.D. Cal. March 28, 2023).

          The Courtroom was equally inclined, nonetheless, to sanction Google for its efficiency in discovery in that case.  What non-monetary sanctions can be acceptable must await additional proceedings, the Courtroom held:

The dedication of an acceptable non-monetary sanction requires additional proceedings. The Courtroom totally appreciates plaintiffs’ dilemma of attempting to show the contents of what Google has deleted. Even so, the precept of proportionality calls for that the treatment match the unsuitable, and the Courtroom wish to see the state of play of the proof on the finish of truth discovery. At the moment, plaintiffs shall be higher positioned to inform the Courtroom what may need been misplaced within the Chat communications.

In re Google Play Retailer Antitrust Litigation, 2023 WL 2673109, at *10 (emphasis equipped).

          Not so with respect to financial sanctions.  In that regard, the treatment was clear and it match the unsuitable with comparative ease, within the eyes of this Courtroom:

    For financial sanctions, it’s fully acceptable for Google to cowl plaintiffs’ cheap attorneys’ charges and prices in bringing the Rule 37 movement, together with the joint assertion that preceded the movement and the evidentiary listening to and associated occasions. Plaintiffs are directed to file … an announcement of proposed attorneys’ charges and prices with ample documentation.  The events will meet and confer on the proposal ….

In re Google Play Retailer Antitrust Litigation, 2023 WL 2673109, at *10 (emphasis equipped).

          Extra is undoubtedly but to come back. 

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