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Judge ponders relevance of Google executives' wealth in Texas antitrust claims

By Mike Swift ( November 7, 2024, 02:55 GMT | Insight) -- With antitrust and consumer-protection trials looming next year pitting Google against a group of 17 US states led by Texas, a federal judge is facing of decisions about the states’ multi-billion-dollar privacy claims. Among the issues confronting Judge Sean Jordan is whether the personal wealth of Google executives, including a $100 million payment to a former DoubleClick executive, should be heard by a jury. Google has argued that allowing a discussion about the executives’ wealth to be aired in court could lead to a “Robin Hood mentality to find liability.”Google told a federal judge today that antitrust and consumer-protection lawsuits brought by Texas and 16 other states shouldn’t include evidence about the personal wealth of Google executives such as co-founder Sergey Brin and former DoubleClick executive Neal Mohan....

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