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Google's Walker should be disbarred over evidence destruction, advocacy groups say

( October 22, 2024, 20:01 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Former Google General Counsel Kent Walker should be disbarred for having directed the systematic, company-wide destruction of evidence relevant in multiple monopolization lawsuits against it, the American Liberties Economic Project said. In a letter to Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona of the State Bar of California, the advocacy group, along with CheckMyAds and Tech Oversight Project, asked for an investigation into Walker for violating the California Professional Code of Conduct. The letter said Walker has a history of problematic conduct, beginning with the 2008 “Walker Memo,” a policy that led to the practice of “history off“ communications — which Googlers internally referred to as “Vegas mode,” as in “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” The Walker memo coached employees to copy lawyers on e-mails with no legal content to hide ordinary business behind attorney-client privilege, the letter said. Statement follows. See attached document....

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