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Comment: Google, Meta chiefs not seeing success in use of 'apex doctrine' to avoid testimony in privacy suits

By Mike Swift ( March 14, 2022, 22:12 GMT | Comment) -- The “apex doctrine,” a legal principle that insulates senior executives from civil litigation unless they have direct knowledge subordinates don’t share, isn't proving to be an effective shield for the top leaders of some of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech companies. The problem for Google and Meta isn’t that the apex doctrine has been disregarded by judges in the US, but that plaintiffs have been able to produce documentation linking the senior executives to the conduct at issue in the suits.The “apex doctrine,” a legal principle that insulates senior executives from civil litigation unless they have direct knowledge subordinates don’t share, isn't proving to be an effective shield for the top leaders of some of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech companies....

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