{"id":421207,"date":"2022-03-24T21:53:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-seeks-to-avoid-doj-sanctions-over-attorney-client-privilege-emails\/"},"modified":"2022-03-24T21:53:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:53:52","slug":"google-seeks-to-avoid-doj-sanctions-over-attorney-client-privilege-emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-seeks-to-avoid-doj-sanctions-over-attorney-client-privilege-emails\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google seeks to avoid DOJ sanctions over &#8216;attorney-client privilege&#8217; emails"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a291498c599b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a291498c599b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-seeks-to-avoid-doj-sanctions-over-attorney-client-privilege-emails\/#%E2%80%9CGoogle_seeks_to_avoid_DOJ_sanctions_over_%E2%80%98attorney-client_privilege_emails%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Google seeks to avoid DOJ sanctions over &#8216;attorney-client privilege&#8217; emails&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGoogle_seeks_to_avoid_DOJ_sanctions_over_%E2%80%98attorney-client_privilege_emails%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Google seeks to avoid DOJ sanctions over &#8216;attorney-client privilege&#8217; emails&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Alphabet\u2019s Google\u00a0urged a judge hearing a US antitrust case against it to reject the Justice Department\u2019s request that it be sanctioned, saying it had not abused attorney-client privilege.<\/p>\n<p>The department had asked Judge Amit Mehta to sanction Google, saying the company\u2019s \u201cCommunicate with Care\u201d program was sometimes a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>\u201d to shield communications that did not genuinely fall under attorney-client privilege.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a filing dated Thursday, Google said that \u201callegations of sanctionable misconduct are baseless\u201d and a misreading of a small number of slides used to train employees.<\/p>\n<p>Google also said it was conferring with the government on which emails that are indicated as potentially falling under attorney-client privilege genuinely do. It said it had given the government some of the affected documents.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cPlaintiffs come nowhere close to proving the bad-faith misconduct that is required to s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> a party of its privilege protections,\u201d Google said in its filing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoogle has explicitly and repeatedly instructed its employees to shield important business communications from discovery by using false requests for legal advice,\u201d attorneys for the Justice Department wrote in a filing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecifically, Google teaches its employees to add an attorney, a privilege label, and a generic \u2018request\u2019 for counsel\u2019s advice to any sensitive business communications the employees or Google might wish to shield from discovery.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In one such example from 2018, CEO Sundar Pichai emailed <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> CEO Susan Wojcicki to discuss an upcoming press story.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Justice-Department-google2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Justice Department building.\" class=\"wp-image-21647739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Justice-Department-google2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Justice-Department-google2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Justice-Department-google2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Justice Department filed the antitrust lawsuit against Google in 2020.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Xinhua <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Agency\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Justice-Department-google1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Justice Department building.\" class=\"wp-image-21647743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Justice-Department-google1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Justice-Department-google1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Justice-Department-google1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cGoogle has explicitly and repeatedly instructed its employees to shield important business communications from discovery by using false requests for legal advice,\u201d the department said in a filing.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Xinhua News Agency\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAttorney Client Privileged, Confidential,\u201d Pichai wrote, copying Google\u2019s then-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> counsel Kent Walker. \u201cKent pls advise.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet Walker <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently never replied to the thread, which the Justice Department said was \u201cdirected to a non-attorney\u201d about \u201ca non-legal press issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The email was initially withheld by Google in an ongoing antitrust case and was only produced after the Justice Department challenged it, the department said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department filed the lawsuit against Google in 2020, accusing it of violating antitrust law in its handling of its search business. 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