Judge Sets Hearing Date In Ad Tech Antitrust Suit As To Google’s Chat Deletion

(August 21, 2024, 8:22 AM EDT) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Virginia federal judge issued an order setting a hearing date to address an adverse inference motion filed by the U.S. government and 17 states related to Google’s purported deletion of chat evidence and the plaintiffs’ argument that Google’s auto deletion policy of internal company chats after 24 hours has harmed them in their antitrust violation suit accusing the tech giant of monopolizing the online digital advertising market....