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FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is shown at one of the company’s office complexes in Irvine, California, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The judge hearing the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust case against Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday he had directed his financial advisers to immediately sell mutual funds he owns that hold Google stock. Judge Amit Mehta said he learned that “some of our mutual fund holdings do contain two different classes of Alphabet… Source link

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) – The judge hearing the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust case against Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday he had directed his financial advisers to immediately sell mutual funds he owns that hold Google stock. Judge Amit Mehta said he learned that “some of our mutual fund holdings do contain two different classes of Alphabet stock” and directed their sale. Mehta said “neither my wife nor I directed the purchase of these particular funds; they were… Source link

By Jarrett Renshaw and Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) -President-elect Joe Biden will nominate federal appeals judge Merrick Garland to be the next U.S. attorney general, a Biden transition official said on Wednesday, a choice most Americans know as the Supreme Court nominee of President Barack Obama memorably blocked by Republicans. Garland, 68, serves as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, one of 13 federal appeals courts. Obama, a Democrat, nominated him to… Source link

Judge Nicholas Garaufis on Friday directed the Trump administration to fully restore the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program, which was designed during the Obama administration to protect younger undocumented immigrants from deportation. Per The New York Times, the decision may be the “final blow” to President Trump’s years-long quest to eliminate the program. The order requires the Department of Homeland Security to post a public notice by Monday that it will accept new DACA… Source link

FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is shown at one of the company’s office complexes in Irvine, California, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The federal judge hearing the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google urged the government on Wednesday to narrow the definition of “highly sensitive” information as he considered arguments on which of Google’s lawyers would be able to see evidence produced by other companies. U.S. District… Source link

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google must tell a district court how it will respond to a federal antitrust lawsuit by mid-November, with the two sides making initial disclosures later in the month, U.S. Judge Amit Mehta said in a brief order Friday. FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is shown at one of the company’s office complexes in Irvine, California, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake The U.S. Justice Department sued Google on Oct. 20, accusing the $1 trillion company of illegally using… Source link

Applico CEO Alex Moazed on the DOJ’s lawsuit against Google as the company calls it ‘deeply flawed.’ WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Monday set a status hearing on the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google for Friday. GOOGLE WAS FORCED TO REMOVE APPS FROM ITS APP STORE AFTER THEY VIOLATED CHILDREN’S DATA COLLECTION LAWS The Justice Department last week sued the $1 trillion (767.81 billion pounds) company and accused it of… Source link

“Given this context, it is vital that the court seal only those parts of the complaint and exhibits that actually contain trade secrets or other information that are legitimately deemed confidential,” they wrote.  Whether any of that makes any difference in what the public sees, and when, is speculative at best. Thomason, on getting both letters, let the attorneys for both sides know that he briefly read a portion before realizing each of their natures. “The court has disregarded this letter… Source link

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, Northern District of California U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh signed off on the $117.5 million data breach settlement with Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday, but she slashed attorney fees by more than $7 million after concluding the deal was “unexceptional” and the legal work “not particularly novel.” Want to continue reading?Become a Free ALM Digital Reader. Benefits of a Digital Membership: … Source link

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District of California (Photo: ALM) A federal judge has granted final approval in a $117.5 million class action settlement over Yahoo Inc.’s data breaches but found that class counsel’s $30 million fee request was too high. Want to continue reading?Become a Free ALM Digital Reader. Benefits of a Digital Membership: Free access to 3 articles* every 30 days Access to the… Source link