According to reports, Google and the US Department of Justice failed to reach an agreement on a protection order against third parties such as Microsoft, which provided data for the government to sue the search and advertising giant.
This Friday, Google said in a court document that the company is pressing two internal lawyers to obtain these confidential data, but the Department of Justice and the state attorney general involved in the lawsuit disagreed.
Google said they need this information to prepare for antitrust defense. Google said it will ensure that all confidential information will only be provided to two in-house lawyers in Google’s external legal counsel office, or provide data in other secure ways. At the same time, Google added that if there is any situation that needs to be disclosed, it will report it immediately.
The U.S. government stated in a separate document that allowing Google lawyers to view “strategic plans and other commercially sensitive information related to rival voice assistants” is a dangerous choice because they may abuse this information to suppress potential competition. opponent.
The government also stated that in a major technology antitrust case involving Microsoft 20 years ago, highly confidential documents were only available to outside lawyers of the company.
The companies that have file disputes in the Google case also include Oracle, AT&T Inc., Amazon, Comcast and others . They must make recommendations on the terms of the protection order by next Friday.
U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta (Amit Mehta) is in charge of hearing the Justice Department’s case against Google. Beginning in October last year, the U.S. government filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the $1 trillion company of illegally using its market influence to suppress competitors. This lawsuit has also affected the strength and influence of large technology companies for decades. The biggest challenge.
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