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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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