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Google uses an internal chat system which automatically deletes all communications on a 24 hour cycle. The court found that Google had an obligation to take steps to preserve those chats and to disclose to the plaintiffs that such chats existed, not wait until they were asked about it.
In a March 28 ruling, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California sanctioned Google for not taking “reasonable steps to preserve electronically stored information that should have been preserved in the anticipation or conduct of litigation.”
The sanctions include monetary costs for coverage of plaintiffs’ reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs in bringing the motion to sanction “including the joint statement that preceded the motion and the evidentiary hearing and related events. Plaintiffs are directed to file by April 21, 2023, a statement of proposed attorneys’ fees and costs with adequate documentation.” MORE
Speaking of court cases, a judge has decided that Dominion’s lawsuit against FoxNews will go before a jury;
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This could be huge, one point seven billion bones are not chump change and FoxNews has as many haters as Trump. The trial starts in 2 weeks.
Oh, O.K.