Google Taps Wilson Sonsini to Fight Trump Free Speech Case (1)

Sept. 1, 2021, 4:19 PM UTC; Updated: Sept. 1, 2021, 5:43 PM UTC

Ruiqi Chen

Reporter

Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube have hired D.C. litigator Steffen Johnson and a team of lawyers from Wilson Sonsini to represent them in former President Donald Trump’s First Amendment lawsuit.

The class action lawsuit is one of three led by Trump’s lawyer John P. Coale, a personal injury litigator known for taking on the tobacco and gun industries, against major tech companies YouTube, Twitter Inc., and Facebook Inc. Trump is challenging decisions to ban him from the social media platforms.

Johnson, a Supreme Court litigation veteran, joined Wilson Sonsini in 2019 after nearly 15 years with ...

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