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Google avoids jury trial by sending $2.3 million check to US government (arstechnica.com)

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[-] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 11 points 5 months ago

They paid the damages that the gov't was seeking, thus avoiding a jury trial. You could do this too if you were ever sued by the gov't for damages, it isn't a tool that's only available to Google.

[-] Fijxu@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the clarification

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