A federal judge joined critics in questioning Google’s controversial $700 million settlement with all 50 US states over anticompetitive Android app store practices – pointing out it would only provide small cash payouts to consumers and could protect the company from future lawsuits.
A federal judge’s headline-grabbing rebuke of Google’s “disturbing” effort to destroy evidence last week could become a powerful weapon in the Justice Department’s landmark effort to break up its search empire – and could haunt the company in court for years to come, according to legal experts.
The federal judge presiding over Google's in-court fight with "Fortnite" maker Epic Games said it was "deeply troubling" that Google would so readily destroy evidence relevant to this case.