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Litigation & Arbitration,
Technology

Jan. 25, 2024

Google was too late in request for arbitration, US judge rules

“The motion comes four years into this litigation, after the parties have engaged in substantial motion practice, after completion of fact and expert discovery, and after the court has certified a class,” U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman wrote.

Google LLC will not be able to arbitrate claims that its virtual assistant software surreptitiously recorded users’ conversations.

“The motion comes four years into this litigation, after the parties have engaged in substantial motion practice, after completion of fact and expert discovery, and after the court has certified a class,” U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman wrote in her order Tuesday. She added that the plaintiffs sufficie...

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