[HN Gopher] Judge finds Amazon acted in bad faith during discove...
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       Judge finds Amazon acted in bad faith during discovery in FTC
       litigation
        
       Author : 1vuio0pswjnm7
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2025-09-24 20:42 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.courtlistener.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.courtlistener.com)
        
       | SilverElfin wrote:
       | I hate that this website doesn't let you select text from within
       | the document. But one part that stood out is emails that were
       | withheld in discovery that claimed attorney-client privilege but
       | had nothing in the email chain indicating content that would be
       | subject to this. It seems like Amazon is abusing that to hide
       | information from the justice system. I've heard that some other
       | companies (Microsoft, Google) encourage employees to do this, but
       | what's in here is pretty brazen.
        
         | cityzen wrote:
         | Why wouldn't they? Do you think anything of any real
         | consequence will happen?
        
         | mikestew wrote:
         | _I hate that this website doesn't let you select text from
         | within the document._
         | 
         | Eh? Works for me on an old 2012 MBP and Safari 15.6.
         | 
         | As for the "looping in legal..." one weird trick that judges
         | hate, eh, the discussions I've read in the past amounted to
         | "how stupid do you assume judges to be?" Seems like a good way
         | to get hammered in court.
        
       | QuinnyPig wrote:
       | > Given the totality of circumstances, the Court finds that
       | Amazon's behavior warrants no more relief except an admonition by
       | this Court. Amazon and its counsel are admonished that their
       | conduct during discovery was tantamount to bad faith. Similar
       | conduct may lead to more serious sanctions.
       | 
       | That'll fix it.
        
         | SilverElfin wrote:
         | Yea I read that and was shocked that after putting in all this
         | effort on the taxpayer's dime, they did absolutely nothing to
         | punish Amazon or its executives.
        
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