[HN Gopher] Google avoids jury trial by sending $2.3M check to U...
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       Google avoids jury trial by sending $2.3M check to US Government
        
       Author : Brajeshwar
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2024-06-08 17:28 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | pjmlp wrote:
       | Kids, this is why you shouldn't humanize corporations that shout
       | out nonsense like "Do no evil".
        
         | voxic11 wrote:
         | I agree but I'm not sure why this news really supports that.
         | Google is just paying the government for what the government
         | claims they were overcharged by (plus treble damages and
         | interest). And they are paying it without even a court order so
         | it appears pretty generous.
        
           | gqcwwjtg wrote:
           | > The US opposed Google's motion to strike the jury demand in
           | a filing last week, arguing that "the check it delivered did
           | not actually compensate the United States for the full extent
           | of its claimed damages" and that "the unilateral offer of
           | payment was improperly premised on Google's insistence that
           | such payment 'not be construed' as an admission of damages."
           | > The government's damages expert calculated damages that
           | were "much higher" than the amount cited by Google, the US
           | filing said. In last week's filing, the higher damages amount
           | sought by the government was redacted.
        
           | malux85 wrote:
           | Yeah, an enormous greedy corporation being generous when
           | paying the government, that is totally normal and definitely
           | doesn't send up any red flags for me!
        
         | mlloyd wrote:
         | In fairness, it seems that they started do a lot more evil when
         | they removed the 'Don't be evil' motto back in 2018. So maybe
         | believe companies that broadcast that they're about to get evil
         | with it?
         | 
         | https://gizmodo.com/google-promises-it-will-be-more-open-abo...
        
       | mateus1 wrote:
       | Corporations are people and they can also bribe the government. I
       | can't see this going badly!
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | [dupe]
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40616689
        
       | sitkack wrote:
       | Is the other important part determined by the Jury is guilt? Does
       | that mean that Google can skip that as well?
        
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