How Google spent 15 years creating a culture of concealment

Google 100% provided advice for concealment specifically targeted at future litigation. Gchat logs were specifically reduced company-wide explicitly to avoid court discovery.

I personally saw the advice to cc a lawyer with a legal question in order to bring a conversation under attorney client privilege.

The penalty they’re facing in now way accounts for the money they saved by concealing evidence, which basically means “keep doing it, it works!”