How to Hide a $2 Trillion Antitrust Trial
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We did an analysis of the Google antitrust trial. Last week, over half of the trial was held behind closed doors because the judge, Amit Mehta, is deferring to Google on the need for secrecy.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/5486771

We did an analysis of the Google antitrust trial. Last week, over half of the trial was held behind closed doors because the judge, Amit Mehta, is deferring to Google on the need for secrecy.

  •  Hirom   ( @Hirom@beehaw.org ) 
    28•8 months ago

    Look, I’m a trial judge. I am not anyone that understands the industry and the markets in the way that you do. And so I take seriously when companies are telling me that if this gets disclosed, it’s going to cause competitive harm. And I think it behooves me to be somewhat conservative in thinking about that issue, because, you know, I can’t see around every corner.

    If a judge doesn’t understand the industry enough, or doesn’t have independent experts to help him make informed decision on closed sessions, would he be able to make any informed decision on the case?

    I guess we’ll see… unless of course if everything happens during closed sessions.