Google accused of withholding evidence from Texas antitrust probe
Source: Guardian
Google accused of withholding evidence from Texas antitrust probe
Texas attorney general says that search giant is wrongly classifying email conversations between non-lawyers as being covered by lawyer-client privilege, as investigation deepens
Charles Arthur and agencies
guardian.co.uk, Friday 22 June 2012 02.23 EDT
The Texas attorney general is accusing Google of improperly withholding evidence to stymie an investigation into whether the company has been abusing its dominance of web search.
The allegations surfaced in a court filing earlier this week as part of Texas' probe into Google's business practices, now in its second year.
Texas is one of at least six US states examining whether Google manipulates its search engine's influential results to stifle competition and drive up online advertising prices.
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Europe's antitrust regulators are conducting their own investigations into the same issues, with an early July deadline for responses in Europe.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jun/22/google-antitrust-texas
