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Perspective

Apr. 11, 2014

Email(s) heard 'round the Valley

It's a plaintiffs' attorney's dream: discovery unearthing a record in which the defendants agree to work out agreements "verbally," because they "don't want to create a paper trail over which we can be sued later." By Orly Lobel


By Orly Lobel


It's a plaintiffs' attorney's dream: discovery unearthing an embarrassing record in which the defendants agree in writing to work out their collusive agreements "verbally," because, in the words of Google CEO Eric Schmidt, "I don't want to create a paper trail over which we can be sued later," while at the same time - despite the written calls for losing the paper trail - continuing to develop their plans in writi...

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