Justice Department attorneys seek sanctions against Google for failing to preserve evidence and alleged intent to conceal anticompetitive behavior, emphasizing negligence in document retention policy.
Judge Amit Mehta questioned Google's decision to allow employees to determine document preservation, condemning the company's document retention policy and expressing shock at their approach.
Google faced previous sanctions over evidence destruction, with Judge James Donato calling its actions a threat to justice and due process, showcasing a concerning pattern in ongoing legal disputes.
Google's CEO Sundar Pichai admitted the existence of the chat deletion policy when he assumed his role in 2015 and later took steps to terminate it, amid heightened scrutiny during the antitrust case proceedings.
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