Google Accused by DOJ of Hiding Documents in U.S. Antitrust Case

Google employees have been improperly using attorney-client privilege to shield documents from discovery in litigation and government investigations, the Justice Department says in a court filing.

• DOJ is seeking the Google documents as part of a monopoly case against the company
• Government says Google should be sanctioned and ordered to release documents
• U.S. says in filing Google’s employees were trained to routinely add in-house counsel to business communications, affix privilege labels, and include “pretextual” requests for legal advice when no advice was actually needed

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