Google Resists Document Requests in Multi-State Probe

[glakes]

Google is declining to hand over certain documents and raising concerns about anti-Google bias amid the multi-state antitrust investigation into its digital advertising practices, according to a new Wall Street Journal report.

Google lawyers have been pushing back on the scope and scale of some document requests from the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), who has been leading the 48-state investigation, the Journal reported.

Paxton, meanwhile, told the Journal, "Every indication right now is they don't believe that they're clean because they don't act in any way like they are."

Source: [msn.com...]

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Paxton, meanwhile, told the Journal, "Every indication right now is they don't believe that they're clean because they don't act in any way like they are."

Heard this argument not long ago in a different more political setting. What is at issue is a ground principle in law which both sides interpret differently. Google argues that they did nothing wrong, are innocent until proven guilty and don't feel the need to prove that they are innocent. The other side sees the unwillingness to cooperate and provide the other party with evidence as a confession to guilt.

[tangor]

^^^ correct ... Antitrust, however, is a different field of law and things could well change---and a compel to discovery might be applied down the line. Not there yet!