Magistrate Won’t Sanction Google For Destroying Files It Had No Clear Duty To Keep

( January 10, 2025, 4:41 PM EST) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — Finding that the plaintiffs in a consolidated lawsuit over Google Inc.’s purported data sharing via its real-time bidding (RTB) process failed to establish that the internet giant had a duty to preserve and produce particular files in an unencrypted format, a California federal magistrate judge denied the plaintiffs’ motion for contempt and sanctions against Google....