Google avoids jury trial by sending $2.3M check to US Government

Re:Google avoids jury trial by sending $2.3M check to US Gov... by paulddraper on Saturday June 08, 2024 @10:38PM (#40621633)

But $2.3M is the justice.

(Unless it should be more, and then that DoJ will sue for the full amount.)

Are you suggesting we ought to let overpaid lawyers battle it out, then get fined $2.3M?

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Re:Google avoids jury trial by sending $2.3M check to US Gov... by soraminazuki on Sunday June 09, 2024 @11:42AM (#40625189)

I have a hard time convincing myself that evading jury trial "because of their technical and often abstract nature" of tech is justice.

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Re:Google avoids jury trial by sending $2.3M check to US Gov... by lsaferite on Sunday June 09, 2024 @12:11PM (#40625426)

They are 'avoiding' a a jury trial in lieu of a bench trial.

The prosecution tried to pull a fast one to get a jury trial by bundling a charge with monetary damages. Google's lawyers simply paid the claimed damages (tripled by law) and interest to remove the forced jury trial component in lieu of a bench trial.

Just to be clear, they are still going to trial for the antitrust charges.

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Re:Google avoids jury trial by sending $2.3M check to US Gov... by paulddraper on Sunday June 09, 2024 @12:46PM (#40625699)

Sorry... What is justice?

Surely it's not paying overpriced layers to argue back and forth in a courtroom for years?

That's just sometimes prerequisite to get to the actual justice.

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