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Subvert knife5/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The plaintiffs claimed in their filing Monday that Google CEO Pichai in one Chat started to discuss a matter relevant to the antitrust case, then immediately asked if the Chat setting could be set to “history off” so the message would auto-delete, before unsuccessfully trying to delete the “incriminating” message himself. It has not provided an explanation, which is worrisome, especially in light of its unlimited access to accomplished legal counsel, and its long experience with the duty of evidence preservation.” “The Court has repeatedly asked Google why it never mentioned Chat until the issue became a substantial problem. Shortly after the case was filed in October 2020 and before the issue with the Chat function arose, the company “falsely assured the Court” that it had taken appropriate steps to preserve all relevant evidence “without saying a word about Chats,” Donato wrote. He added that Google had the ability to set the Chat history function to “on” for all the employees whose communications were relevant to the case, but chose not to. Google initially claimed it had no ability to change default settings for individual employees’ Chat history, but evidence in a court hearing “plainly established that this representation was not truthful,” Donato wrote. with the intent to deprive (the plaintiffs) of the information’s use in the litigation,” Donato found. Those communications would then be given to the plaintiffs to use as potential evidence, in a process called “discovery.” Instead, Google “intended to subvert the discovery process” and the Chat evidence “was lost. The communications at issue in Donato’s ruling took place in Google’s internal instant-messaging system known as “Chat.” Donato found that Google in the litigation had cast Chat as “primarily a social outlet akin to an electronic break room,” but in fact, company employees routinely used it to “discuss substantive business topics, including matters relevant to this antitrust litigation.”Ĭhats involving hundreds of specific Google employees were supposed to be preserved for the court case via a “history on” setting in the messaging platform, the judge wrote in his decision. The company is accused in the four related lawsuits of putting up contractual and technological barriers to block Android users from using other app-distribution platforms than the Google Play store. Google did not respond to a request for comment on Donato’s decision and the plaintiffs’ allegations. It is just a shame that for the cost, it has so many flaws.The plaintiffs, in a court filing Monday, had claimed Google engaged in “a company-wide culture of concealment coming from the very top, including CEO Sundar Pichai.”īonta responded Tuesday to Donato’s findings, saying in a statement, “This egregious behavior demonstrates the lengths that Google will go to maintain its anticompetitive stronghold on the marketplace.” It is a very smooth action, beautiful knife. Which is a minor issue, but could have been more pleasing to look at. And aesthetically, you don’t get a clear line of sight through the spidey hole. When gripping the knife, it causes a hotspot due to the offset of the two sides. The finger choil in the scales does not line up on either side. The clip partially covers a screw and seems like it was something they added on after the fact. Secondly, the pocket clip looks like an after thought. When closing the blade the flipper pushes your finger away, but still is concerning where the blade ends near your finger when fully closed. Using the flipper, with the lock where it is, pinches your finger when deploying the blade. Firstly, the lock that they chose to use, with the exposed blade along with the flipper location, does not mend itself very well together. However, I was overall very disappointed in the design. The handle and blade lines are clean and flow well, both in the open and closed positions. It was nice to see one coming out with higher quality materials. I have purchased two other Spyderco knives with the Emerson wave opener in the past, and I was very pleased with those. I was very excited about the release of this knife. ![]()
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