Google fights sanctions bid over ‘chat’ evidence in app story antitrust case

(Reuters) – Google parent Alphabet Inc on Thursday denied claims in an antitrust case in California federal court that the company had deleted employees’ electronic “chats” to deprive plaintiffs of evidence in their case alleging anticompetitive conduct within the Google Play Store.

Lawyers for Google at law firms Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and at Munger, Tolles &…